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From: "pr0pert" <propert@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:39 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Making negatives


> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "leon Heller" <leon355@...> writes:
>> > I print directly onto transparency material (Mega Electronics JetStar).
>>
>> Me too, or Silkjet. Both seem to work well for me, although I had to
>> write my own printer driver to get enough ink onto the page.
>>
> Thanks for this information. Looks like a great way to go.
> Any preference of dye or pigment? which works best? Also any printer
> to suggest or stay away from? Yeh I know lots of questions. A fter
> a quick google Silkjet seems to be available in the USA Jetstar doesn't.

DJD reckons they are about the same. I have to use the more expensive
JetStar Premium with my HP 5940, the ordinary stuff was OK with the Epson
printer I used to use. I don't know if Silkjet makes a premium version. You
can buy JetStar from Farnell/Newark in the USA.

The HP 5940 is a very cheap printer but works very well, I can get down to 5
mil tracks, although I normally use 10 mil or more.

Leon

Leon