Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

Is it time for someone to purpose-design a direct-to-pcb printer?
Probably way too expensive to consider, but still...

Maybe something that laminates UV film on, and has a linear array of
high power UV LEDs to expose the film as it's being laminated, on both
sides... Include an infeed tray with registration pins for pre-drilled
PCBs... pre-drill, drop on pins, press button, when pcb comes out the
other side you wait 15 minutes, peel off the outer protective film, and
develop. Maybe it could laminate (or just use a sticky-backed film) on
a UV-opaque film over the UV film after exposure, so you don't even need
a darkroom :-) Add a tiny inkjet head on the way out to print timestamp
and job information, and you're done!

ok, blue-skying over :-)