Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:56:57 +0200, mycroft2152 <mycroft2152y@...>  
wrote:

>
> PS; Stefan, any luck with the direct to pcb process? We are all waitng
> to hear your results.


I'm minutes before finishing the flatbed conversion.
I've worked out a clever (i think!) way to allow a carrier with PCB to  
pass the C84 while being fully aligned to always print in exactly the same  
spot.
This should allow more tests, although the chip issue and the ink  
refilling issue need sorting soon.
Anyway, this weekend i will finally be able to make test boards wider than  
1cm.

Is anyone willing to work together on making a chip replacement with a  
microcontroller? I won't pay $50 for a set of stupid auoto reset chips. If  
i were a "normal" user and the chip was emptied that fast i would have  
thrown the printer out the window a dozen times already. I mean it really  
is 100% 80% 50% - and then the red LED starts already. And that's only  
powering on in between and printing nothing.

ST