I use iron to transfer toner to the copper board, and have been using laser printer. I saw some discussion on the net that it is also possible to use use ink printer if the ink is a good quality. I have a HP inkjet printer and use original cartridges. Could someone explain if (how) it is possible to use the ink on the toner transfer?
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Best Answer
What you can do with an ink printer is to produce a mask by printing onto a transparent (ink compatible) sheet. This is then used to control the exposure of photo sensitized board under a UV light.
Laser toner works as a transfer method because the 'ink' is actually a thermo-plastic (i.e. not 'ink' as in the inkjet) that can be re-heated with an iron and made to stick onto the copper surface as a resist.