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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] A $500.00 "UV" non-trivial exposure box.....

From: Les Newell <lesnewell@...>
Date: 2005-11-16

Hi Mike,

It is probably a bad idea to use ordinary acetate. You can get laser
safe acetate but the results are usually lacking in contrast. As you
say, lasers do producde nice crisp edges. Inkjet tends to be slightly fuzzy.

Les

Mike Young wrote:

>More out of curiousity than actually contemplating switching technologies...
>Would it be alright to run acetate through a Laserjet? I have this (likely
>unfounded) fear that it'll make a gooey mess, or at least come out warped
>from the heat. It's probably OK, right? The laminator gets hotter, and I
>don't have a conceptual problem with that.
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