I have been cursing under my breath everyone that claimed to get good results with the toner transfer system. There are no Staples stores in Wisconsin. As a result, I have tried Epson, HP, Canon, and Office Max gloss photo papers of good and premium qualities. I've tried the plain paper loaded in the copiers at Office Max. Plain paper I have here at home and loaded into the copiers at Office Max (and Office depot). All the results have left me scratching my head on just what I could be doing wrong. Heat settings, weight, time of the iron on part, all of it gave pee poor results. Well, I was in Tennessee for vacation a few weeks ago and Tennessee does have Staples stores. I bought both the regular and premium gloss Staples photo paper.
Today I hit Office depot and used their copier with the Staples photo papers. The blue pack wins hands down. The gold pack was good, but the blue pack took the toner with no pin holes, ironed on and stuck all over with only a tiny chip lifting during paper removal. If I had only mail ordered the Staples paper from the very first, I might not have such a bruised head from banging it against the wall. Can't wait to drill this board and start loading it for my second attempt at an EDM stepper driver. The first attemp you might call a learning adventure. It for sure has been an adventure all right. At least I now own a logic probe and know how to use it.