Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:14:28 +0200, Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:
> 
> > And at this moment I'm supposed to be doing something other than
> >
> > hanging out in Yahoogroups. ;')
> >
> 
> Yes indeed Steve, you should instead be taping a piece of thin
copper foil  
> to a sheet of paper and try this in your expensive printer.
> If you tape down the edges i don't see that much danger, for me
anyway ;-)

I don't have any copper foil laying around, but I do have some of that
really ultrathin doublesided PCB. If I get everything else done today
with some time to spare, I may cut out a piece and really carefully
smooth the edges and try.

> So what printers would work to test the ink Volkan used? I haven't
even  
> thought about inkjets for years. I'm not sure if it would work at
all in  
> that old epson i have.

As it would happen, the older Epsons are probably -less- of a problem.
See, Epson keeps reducing the size of the nozzles. I've run this
pigmented ink in an Epson 600 and it worked fine.

> Also, i would first need to find someone to forward some of that ink
for  
> paypal, since they only accept credit card there which i don't have.

Argh!

Steve Greenfield