Homebrew PCBs

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>> You cannot laser print the screen because it has to be
>> tensed on the frame and it will surely melt in the printer
>> anyway and you can't print on metal.
>> I think there is a chance if you TT the negative image to
>> the screen if you can manage the temperatures.
>> The usual plastic screen is made of nylon that melts (like
>> ice into water) at abt. 205C (400F) and the toner softens
>> (does not totally melt) at 180C (356F). So there is a
>> chance...
>> If you use a metal screen, then usual TT should work fine,
>> very good indeed.
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Do you know of someone who has done TT to a metal screen *
Thanks for the information.

My first attempt to laser print to a screen resulted in the toner  
being transferred.
the toner was not heated enough and is dust on the screen. And some  
of toner
passed through the screen onto the paper it was taped to.

My first attempt to ink jet print to a screen resulted in the image  
being transferred.
The ink did not fill the screen adequately.  Perhaps multiple passes  
would work.

I will put some images of my first experiment up at http://oh-god.com/ 
silkscreen


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>> --- Gus S Calabrese <agscal@...> wrote:
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>> > I apologize for causing problems with linking.
>> > ( Although it is not obvious that there would be a
>> > linking problem )
>> >
>> > Silkscreening means putting a mask on a silkscreen and
>> > squeezing ink
>> > through it to reproduce an image.
>> > If I can somehow use a laser to print to the screen and
>> > then I squeeze
>> > ink through the screen .... am I not silkscreening *
>> >
>> > Gus Calabrese
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