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Subject: Why not paper as a cheap phototool?

From: Rich Osman <lists@...>
Date: 2012-01-08

Aside from obvious concerns like dimensional stability for really high
resolution work, why not use a fresh print on the lightest weight paper
your printer will feed?

Sure, the paper will act as a UV attenuator but it's not going to block
a lot of it. It should let you get a sufficiently uniform exposure for
most work, particularly if you dither the UV source position a bit to
compensate for the slight density variations in the exposed media. Most
resist is a high contrast media, so slight density variations probably
won't matter.

I expect dimensional stability won't be as big an issue if the tool is
used soon after printer.

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