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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] cd tray (was: Re: New file uploaded to Homebrew_PCBs)

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-08-07

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:25:32 +0200, lcdpublishing
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:

> Correct,
> The tray is only about 1/2 width. The printer has a clear area from
> front to back ONLY in the area where that tray feeds through.
> Oddly, it starts out with you feeding the tray in from the front of
> the printer unlike paper which goes in the back.
> When you open the "Special door" for the CD tray, it lifts the print
> head assembly up for the extra clearance.
> When I tore mine apart most of the way, I found "Something" blocking
> the path for sheet feeding from the back. I didn't have time to dig
> deeper to find out what is there though. My plan, if I ever get
> time to work on it again, is to NOT use the CD printing functions.
> Rather, to remove everything in the way for feeding the stock in
> from the back side. I am hoping to trick the printer into thinking
> it is printing on regular paper.


I see....
but then you end up with a major modification as well, not that it would
bother us mechanically inclined people ;-)

The allure of the CD printer would be that it would work without much
modification.



ST