I was using all sorts of methods in the past, the best one (homebrew) was pen plotter on tracing paper or plastic foil and the photopositive resist spray on copper cladded fiberglass boards (or boards with photoresist), but the photopositive resist spray is not available any more - in Dick Smith the staff even does not know what it is, and it was pretty expensive when available).
But, that was in DOS days...
Today, Protel pen-plotter drivers (read: microsoft windows) are terrible (they produce unuseable plots), and on the other hand laser printers sometimes have problem with the paper transport (rubber wheels... so the longitudinal length of the printout is not well controlled and this creates difficulties in case of two-layer boards....
Proper PCB manufacturing process that I would like to use here produces professional results (printing, plated though holes, solder resist).
But, if you want to use the heat-transfer technology or anything else, I am willing to share my design, by all means. PM me the email address...
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