[sdiy] Press-N-Peel Bluee and color laser printerS?

[The Atomlabs PT]

Hi Anthony!

The process of the p&p sheets is toner transfer. If you configure the laser 
printer for printing in black only you should get some good results. I have 
a HP4P (50€ with full original toner in a clearence) and i've got good 
results. I can get tracks as thin as 0.3mm. I've used a color laser printer 
(a OKI) and using the black toner only i could get the same results. About 
the drills, i use 0.8mm drill for all holes. It fits well in the dremmel and 
is good enought for almost all components.

good luck :)

Heitor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "anthony" <aankrom at bluemarble.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 9:49 PM
Subject: [sdiy] Press-N-Peel Bluee and color laser printerS?


>I just a got a nice HP Color LaserJet 2600n (for $299.99 on clearance) and 
>one of the first uses to which I thought I thought to put it would be 
>printing PCB layouts to the PnP Blue sheets that I got from Small Bear a 
>little while ago. But then I looked at the paper pathway in this printer 
>(which is otherwise awesome - I really like the way it lays on toner) and 
>had 2nd thoughts on using it for this. Which is a drag because it's one of 
>the primary reasons I bought it. I suppose if I tell it to print in gray 
>scal it might bypass all those bends for each color besides black.
>
> I thought about posting to a DIY stombox group first, but I fogured you 
> guys have just as much experience with this sort of thing as anyone.
>
> Another thing: what size drill bit would I get for the smallest typical 
> part lead diameter to fit onto my Dremel press when I actually get around 
> to etching a board and then need to drill it? I have a really small one in 
> my Dremel kit, but I think it's probably still too huge.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Anthony
>
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