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From: "Howard" <hj.payne@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 4:50 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Probs


> Hi All
>
> I have got some fotoboard 2 pcb (Rapid electronics) and a
> LV 202E Exposure box, the tubes are about 2" from the glass.
>
> Anyone know how long to expose this make of board ?
> Also i did a board the other day using fotoboard 2 (about 5 mins exposure)
> and it came out crap, all the edges looked pitted and the tracks had what
> looked like lines etched in them!!
>
> I use ohp transparency film (www.5star.co.uk), and it is for inkjet
> printers (Epson, Canon)
> and my printer is the Epson R300.

Try using JetStar film, also available from Rapid.

I used to get get good results with Fotoboard 2 and JetStar with an Epson
printer. I now use JetStar Premium with an HP printer, which works even
better.

Leon