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Subject: Re: Staples #471861 as suggested by Thomas P. Gootee

From: "mikezcnc" <eemikez@...>
Date: 2004-07-02

Great answers, thanks Stefan and Dave... So T-tech is great for...
drilling, if one can print it, one can etch it. But what about
the 'blackness'? How light-tight is hte ink? I don't think that idea
of printing twice on hte same sheet is good.

Mike



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
>
> > A cheap old epson stylus 400 colour will do 8mil tracks/spacing
smoothly
> > in
> > 600x720dpi mode. It's the printer technology and ink/transparency
> > combination
> > that makes the most difference.
> >
> >
>
> You don't understand the problem.
> Even a 300dpi unit can do traces of 7 mil but _not_ metric spaced
smd
> parts.
> the printer works in inches and if you print metric spacing you get
a
> variations in
> line width and space.
>
> ST