For what it's worth, recently got some of the inkjet film referenced
below but it fared no better than the Office Depots and Apollos
tried. Maybe it was old stock or something.
Whatever, called Screen Printers and informed them that I would like
to return it, whereupon and to their credit (hopefully mine too
eventually), they gave me return instructions and no questions asked.
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "scratch_6057"
<dml.empsrch@...> wrote:
>
> This is basically just an FYI post, I know it reads like an
> advertisement but I have NO connection with the company except
being
> a happy customer.
>
> If you are one of those people who use Photosensitive boards to
> produce your PCBs, and you are using the 3M, Epson or other Inkjet
> Transparency media to make films, (positive / negative).
> You may want to take a look at this
> ( http://screenprinters.net/product_group.php?gid=inkjetfilm ).
>
> I have used this material with an old Epson Stylus 1160 and obtained
> what I consider to be exceptional results compared to the other
films
> I have tried (also used with Stylus 660, results were not as good
but
> were useable). Unlike other films I have used which have a coating
to
> provide a tooth for the ink to bind to but take quite some time for
> the ink to dry and allow for ink "pooling" causing non uniformity in
> coverage, the coating on the film (above link) absorbs the ink
almost
> immediately. The coating acts as if it is some sort of gelatin which
> soaks in the ink as it is laid onto the material.
>
> My printer settings have been, Highest Density, Glossy Photo Paper,
> High Speed = OFF, & whatever else I would normally use for a FINAL
> Photo Quality Print.
>