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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, twb8899@y... wrote:
>
> The negative-positive issue seems confusing at times but here's how
> it works. Screen printing requires that the image being printed must
> be opened up or "washed out" from the screen emulsion.
>
> Exposing the screen emulsion with a film positive consisting of black
> lines representing copper and clear areas representing the areas of
> copper to be etched away will get the job done.
....
I feel like a dope. I went back to the start of the thread and re-read
it, saw that the original poster -did- have it backwards with respect
to pos/neg, and I had forgotten that this was -not- about using screen
print photo emulsion as a direct resist, it was about making a screen
to lay down etch resist.
Steve