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

From: Les Newell <lesnewell@...>
Date: 2005-11-17

The best thing to do is try. Get some transparency and print a board on
it. Hold the transparency up to the light. If the lines are dense and
clean then you are probably on to a winner. A lot of modern inks have UV
blocking pigments so you don't always have to use black. For instance
with Epson Durabrite inks I found green seems to work best. The
transparencies come out looking fairly pale but they work well.

As with any pcb making system the secret of success is to keep
experimenting.

Les

Jim Miller wrote:

>i've got an hp7960 printer. is there any experience with inks and
>transparencies that might indicate potential success with this unit?
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>tnx
>jtm
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