I've finally gotten around to DIY PCB etching, so far using the laser printer toner transfer method (using a Brother HL-2040, works well other than stinking something awful when paper jams, damned cheap: $98 @ BigW, replacement toner cartridges are ~$60 (recycled) - $80 (new retail) for supposedly 2.5k pages).
I tried a few different paper types: plain paper, some HP inkjet photo paper I've had for ages (forget the name, it was a runout at the local office store), and I'm currently using paper from one of my wife's glossy mags which easily works the best of these. The printer has a "thin paper" setting you have to use to avoid jams with this paper. The photo paper "shrank" and crumpled as it hit the fuser and jammed, as did the glossy mag's back cover (though it looked very arty).
The only problem with the mag paper is it's pretty easy to tear when ironing - can anyone recommend an effective photo paper?
On a related note has anyone tried a laminator? If so, and it's available in Aus, which one?
Thanks in advance, Ben