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Subject: Re:laser jet consistency and registration

From: Richard Mustakos <rmustakos@...>
Date: 2004-04-29

Ballendo,
I have done this on an HP 7150. I have not tried with my epson color 800.
Someone mentioned using a scanner chassis to act as the X axis, instead
of sheet
feeding. You could put an aim point or jig on the bottom to hold the
part e.g.: flush
left for top, flush right for bottom. I know that most error I've seen
has been from
page feed, not print head repeatability. On the HP, I did get pretty
good alignment,
but I have not looked at it lately. I'll try and print a 2 sided board
out tonight.
Richard

>From: "ballendo" <ballendo@...>
>Subject: Re:laser jet consistency and registration
><snip>
>So I'm wondering, Has anyone taken the time to see if he or she can
>get a good back to back registration on PAPER?
>
>Because if you can't get the sheet of paper to reliably go through
>twice accurately; isn't it kinda unlikely that the mods to allow a
>board to go through are gonna improve things?
>
>Next, IF it is possible and likely for the registration of two passes
>to line up with respect to the board edges: Has anyone held this up
>to a light and checked if all the holes line up all across the board?
>
>