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Subject: Re: How fine can you etch with toner transfer?

From: "calvingrier" <cgrier@...>
Date: 2008-10-23

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:

> I've gotten down to 8.33 mil with TT with a fair degree of
> reliability. 6.66 I can do if I'm careful and put extra copies of
the
> board on the print - there's usually one short or open somewhere,
> often I can fix it with a knife or solder. Note the off-mil sizes;
my
> laser printer is 600dpi or 1.33 mil per pixel, so I use multiples of
> that to get consistent results. The limitation with my printer is
its
> ability to place the toner particles precisely.

8.33mil? is that a multiple of 1.33? ;-)

--Calvin