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Subject: Professional PCBs?

From: "killerobot9000" <killerobot9000@...>
Date: 2006-11-10

Hello,

I saw tons and tons of tutorials on how to make your own PCBs but they
are all shades of white/clear and don't look very professional. I was
wondering if anyone knows how to make green professional looking PCBs?
I googled around and found this product:
http://www.web-tronics.com/torefogpgr.html
Anyone know if this is what I need? Or is there an easier or maybe
cheaper way of making the PCBs green?

Also, if you need to make a large number of PCBs (say, 100 or so per
week) would it be cheaper/faster to make them yourself or order them
from a place for like $2-3 per sqr in?

Also, as a side note: This is basically the process of making a PCB?
Print the design onto photopaper, use iron to transfer ink onto
special copper board, use that chemical stuff to eat away all the
copper thats exposed then use alcohol to remove the ink. Then drill
some holes (unless its a SMD board. in which case you would make a
stencil and apply soldering paste or hand solder it.) Correct?

Thanks for your time,
-killerobot9000