I think those dry transfer sheets have gone out of style... Haven't seen them advertised in years, haven't used them since High School either. Many people have laser printers at home, maybe you know somebody. Our local library has one, the seems to be open to use (haven't looked at it closely though, I own an HP). Every town usually has some sort of print/copy shop, have heard it's not difficult to talk them into using your supplied paper, if it doesn't look like a disaster. The Pulsar paper is about as thick as card stock, never a jam in my printer, and have been using it about 3 years now. My printer cost $129, free shipping, direct from HP.
Not knocking the dry transfer, but wouldn't go back. Takes time and patience to use, but the one thing I learned, and will never forget... keep your greasy fingers off the copper. Guess that applies to which ever method you use, but it was a major point of failure when I was in school. Guess dry transfer is good enough, if you very rarely etch a board, but only a little better than a Sharpie marker. I don't regret my purchase of a laser printer though, much better than an inkjet for general printing, faster, and toner is much cheaper than ink cartridges.