Hmm, That might work. If it slips too much on my rollers, I could
always rough up the surface a bit so that the roller can get some
traction. I just remembered I have some plastic sheet out in the
shop somewhere that is sort of rubbery yet stiff. It is the
material used by engravers to make desk and office signs etc. I
recall it being about 1MM thick or so. I will have to dig that out
and have a look see at that too.
By chance, how are you going to setup your leading edge detector? I
have not given that too much thought yet either. I can easily see
using a very basic snap acting switch for this. Even an opto switch
if I can put a notch in the carrier board so that it is lined up
with the leading edge. I am hoping I can get it rigged up so that
the carrier board is past the feed roller a bit more than what paper
would be. This would make it much easier to keep the board in
alignment during feed through.
Still have to figure out that damn "Printer Jam" error too - grrrrr,
wish I had watched it run a few power up cycles before ripping it to
pieces.
Chris
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:26:40 +0200, lcdpublishing
> <lcdpublishing@...> wrote:
>
> > I have been pondering a bit about the feeder tray for the ink jet
> >
> > printers. If you recall, Stefan came up with a really good
method -
> >
> > leading edge has a long stop and a center mark.
> >
> >
> > I have yet to come up with a material suitable to make this
from. It
> >
> > would need to be thin, and somewhat rigid. Furthermore, it
needs to
> >
> > be pulled through the printer with ease. On my Stylus 850 is
has a
> >
> > rough-surfaced metal roller for the main feed roller so I am
think
> >
> > along the lines of a plastic tray. Anyone else give any thought
to
> >
> > this yet?
> >
> >
> > Chris
>
>
> I was thinking along the lines of large PCB material.
>
> ST
>