Homebrew PCBs

Andrew wrote:

>>>Andrewm Wrote:
>>>Did you ever try that Star SJ-144 for
>>>direct resist printing ?
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>>Alan worte:
>>They were Mac, hardly worth the effort
>>to get it working vs just get rid of
>>and buy an Alps.  Alps had metal foil
>>etc to print on, works fine enough.
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>Never heard of the Alps thermal one so
>I googled it and found an Alps MD1300
>and an Alps MD5000 that looked like
>they might be what you where talking
>about.
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>Are these the ones ?  And if so - How
>good does the foil printing come out
>on the one you bought.
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  I was already familiar with them, never did the other side of the 
equation and bought one.  They're too valuable as decal printers anyway 
which is why the high price as ST noted, I'd want 3 or 4 before even 
taking 1 apart.  It'd work but there are other things out there to try 
first.

  Actually the old Okimate printers for Commodore etc would make more 
sense for testing.  Lower res etc but cheaper than dirt now when you 
find one..

>Also when googling I spotted the Citizen
>PN60 - which I know I have one of sitting
>in a box somewhere at home.  I might dig
>it up as it will be easier to pull apart
>than the big dye sub.
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  Several out there work like this, and would be doable.  But the 
inkjets are looking doable as well, materials are cheap which the 
ribbons aren't, and it's current tech..  Hard to want to persue it much 
vs that..