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

[Ben Lincoln]

I believe the bit size to get in the US is 1/32" - at least, that's what 
I've been using. It's best to order them online. I've seen three-packs 
for relatively cheap (supposedly they break fairly often, but I've been 
lucky so far with the three little boards I've made). Big hardware 
stores like Home Depot and Lowes will occasionally have 1/32" Dremel 
bits in a pack with 3-4 others, but this is a much more expensive 
option. You may also need to get a 1/32" collet. My knockoff "rotary 
tool" only came with collets down to 1/16". Maybe the real deal is more 
complete?

The Atomlabs PT wrote:
> 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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