It's not that I've had amazing success with laser, but I
haven't ever been able to make a quality transparency
with the inkjet (Epson 800). It may have been the print
mode or the plastic material, but the final art has
always been somewhat ... transparent :(
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, adam Seychell
<adam_seychell@y...> wrote:
Professionals use inkjets when
> it comes to making photomask for silk screening, ect.
> If you have had good success with laser printed photomasks,
> then please tell us more.
>
> With the epson inkjet/epson transparencies I can expose
> boards at least five times the normal period and still have
> perfect masking of the image. The only problem with such
> long exposures is excessive light undercut.
>
>
> rolanyang wrote:
> > 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.