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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: printer

From: Mitch Davis <mjd@...>
Date: 2013-05-22

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Phil@Yahoo <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> do more than six feet. Now that I'm almost 60 (yikes!) well, you don't want to know.

Switch to metric. You can stand a lot closer, your feet stay drier,
and you can keep your vanity "score" the same :-)

> I make double sided PCBs with plated-thru holes

I'd be very interested to read more about that, do you have a blog
page or web page showing what you do? I'm especially interested in
how you get registration between the two sides right.

> a side because of the distortion caused by printing laser transparencies.

Have you tried printing on drafting paper? Drafting paper is
transparent to UV, and I've had good success with it. I just bought a
pad at the stationery shop. And just as for transparency, the
printing should go against the board.

You can read about my method with drafting paper here:

http://capnstech.blogspot.com/2011/05/playpause-making-pcbs-at-home.html

All the best!

Mitch.