Here’s mine:
I work at 600dpi resolution for the greatest sharpness
Once it’s pretty much finalized, print it out…
And test the fit with the hardware back in place.Make any adjustments needed before printing out the final image.
Here the graphic looks a little off-center
Now that the graphic is fitted to the enclosure, it needs to be:
- Inverted- the white of the graphic will let etchant through, and the black will become the resist masking.
- Mirrored- The image will be printed on the underside of the Press N Peel, so it needs to be mirrored to come out correctly.
This is what my page looks like when I’m ready to print:
I filled an 8.5 x 11" sheet to give me room for transfer errors
Photocopy the graphic onto the sheet of Press N Peel. I go to Office Depot, where they really don’t care if you open up one of the paper trays to put in your PNP sheet. Make sure you know which side of the paper the copier prints onto. The best way to do this is to mark the top sheet with an X and see which side comes through after a copy. Then place your sheet of PNP in the paper tray, making sure that the dull side will be printed onto. Then you’ll have a nice sheet of transfers to work with.
Cut one out.
As seen through the shiny side of the PNP
Hey Preston,
January 15, 2010 @ 6:54 AMThanks for answering my question on part one. Here is one for this part of the procedure. Instead of making a photocopy of the graphic, could the Press N Peel be run (and printed) through a laser printer instead (assuming you have one)? Isn’t the toner the same (or similar) to a photocopy? This would save a step, and be a bit more acurate.
Thanks again for this.