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Subject: Re:laser jet consistency and registration

From: "ballendo" <ballendo@...>
Date: 2004-04-30

Richard,

Thank you. I'll be interested in what you find... Especially the hole
to hole registration on a 4x6 board...

Ballendo

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Richard Mustakos
<rmustakos@a...> wrote:
> 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@y...>
> >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?
> >
> >