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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin)
Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers
Subject: Re: materials for transparencies in Laser Printers
Message-ID: <326@cubsvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 10:05:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 11 10:05:42 1985
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Mylar is somebody's (I forget whose) trade name for polyester film.  Like
other polyester film, it is available in a range of finishes and thicknesses.

What keeps you from writing on these films is the slippery silicone coating
added to allow feeding from paper trays.  To write on the film, once your
transparency has been made, swab the surface with a tissue moistened with
rubbing alcohol (use vodka if you prefer).  Then you should be able to write
with a normal transparency marker.

(Aren't you glad there's a chemist on the net?)

Peter S. Shenkin,  Biology, Columbia Univ.,        cubsvax!peters