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

From: "Steve" <alienrelics@...>
Date: 2006-05-10

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew" <andrewm1973@...> wrote:

> Never heard of the Alps thermal one so
> I googled it and found an Alps MD1300
> and an Alps MD5000 that looked like
> they might be what you where talking
> about.
>
> Are these the ones ? And if so - How
> good does the foil printing come out
> on the one you bought.

Alan may contradict me, but over on the Alps list some have tried to
print directly onto copper and found that the tiny print head just
cannot get hot enough with all that copper soaking up heat.

Steve Greenfield