Laser printers can be bought for roughly $100 these days.
It's hard to beat the consistent output and quality
of toner on transparencies. Also, if you're adventurous
enough, they are good for direct iron-on transfer to PCB's.
At that price, it's almost not worth hours of fiddling
with inkjets - unless someone figures out how to
do the direct inkjet resist to pcb method.
~Rolan
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, adam Seychell <adam_seychell@y...> wrote:
> A while ago I tested many different inkjet transparencies on
> several printers (Epson 660, HP 640 Deskjet) and found
> surprising large differences in quality of the prints. You
> can get very opaque and solid filled prints with and Epson
> 660 (or any model with same black ink composition), and
> Epson transparencies. I have not tried the CLASSEN TRON
> XEROMAT I Universal. The black ink in the Epson Photo 1200
> may be compatible with these transparencies. One day I'll
> get around to making a web page explains inkjet and
> transparencies for producing photomaks.
>
> One thing I have learned is that the ink and transparency
> MUST be compatible for good results. Looks like you found
> one such combination, Thanks Carsten for showing us.
>
> Adam