SV: Re: [sdiy] Front Panel Graphics at Home?

[karl dalen]

In the high volume industry of instrument panels
and such *direct panel printing* has ben used for 
quite some years now.

There is also direct PCB printing printers on the market
alltought very expencive for the home and small bussiness
to own.

However direct front panel printers is used by small scale
printing firms, have a look with your regional ad/photocopy
company they might have invested into one of these machines
allready!

KD 



--- Tim Parkhurst <tim.parkhurst at gmail.com> skrev:

> On 22 Jul 2006 10:19:30 -0700, Don Tillman <don at till.com> wrote:
> >   > From: "Casio Rapman" <casiorapman at hotmail.com>
> >   > Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:15:29 -0700
> >   >
> >   > Is there a cheap, fast and easy way to do professional looking
> >   > front panel graphics at home using a standard injet printer?
> >
> > Hey, I just thought of something.
> >
> > Y'know those inkjet printers that print CD labels directly on
> > the CD...
> >
> > I have no idea how this would work in practice.  You'd probably need a
> > bracket of some sort to feed the panel into the printer.
> >
> > (Or you can use an actual CD for your front panel; a 120mm round form
> > factor with a big knob in the middle.  Problem solved!)
> >
> >   -- Don
> >
> > --
> > Don Tillman
> > Palo Alto, California
> > don at till.com
> > http://www.till.com
> >
> 
> I've thought of that too. One big problem (besides the transport
> necessary to move the panel through the printer) is that I'm pretty
> sure the CDs used have a special coating and/or texture that allows
> them to hold the ink without smearing. Still, I think it might be
> worth experimenting with. You can certainly get old inkjets cheap
> enough. I also thought the same direct printing technique might be a
> cool way to do PCBs, but I doubt seriously that the ink used would
> stand up to etchant. Am I wrong? Right? If I'm right, remember where
> you heard it first ;-)
> 
> 
> Tim (two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do) Servo
> -- 
> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
>