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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Thermal Direct Printing - was - Re: CNC board drilling and routing

From: Alan King <alan@...>
Date: 2006-05-09

Andrew wrote:

>>Alan wrote:
>><snip>
>>http://www.superference.com/images/cnc/
>><snip>
>>
>>
>
>Alan,
>
>Did you ever try that Star SJ-144 for direct
>resist printing ? (was shown in another
>images directory)
>
>I wonder how thermal transfer works on copper
>and if the heat gets drawn away too fast.
>
>
>
They were Mac, hardly worth the effort to get it working vs just get
rid of and buy an Alps. Alps had metal foil etc to print on, works fine
enough.


Possible to do this, but I'd screw with getting a laser to work first
before one of these, they're a bit finiky to keep working even for just
paper. A working inkjet system will be easier to deal with than either,
so unlikely worth looking at too much now other than to see the tech.

Alan