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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Laser Printer Alternative

2008-05-04 by Mike

Hello,

Don't have a laser printer either, but do have an inkjet printer and 
a big box office supply store in the area.

My approach is to make a copy of the PCB layout using the inkjet.  At 
the big box office supply store, transfer the printed layout to the 
toner transfer paper using the laser copier in the big box 
store.  Most will do the coping for ~ 10 cents.

Hint: make several copies of the design or of other PCB layouts, 
print them out using the inkjet printer, cut the inkjet PCB layouts 
out and glue them to another piece of paper.  Have the laser copier 
transfer all the layouts to the toner transfer paper.  Cut out the 
PCB layout from the TT paper and make the board.  This approach 
reduces the wasted TT paper.

At 01:54 PM 5/4/2008, you wrote:
>I don't have a laser printer and I don't have the funds to invest in a
>laser printer right now, but I still want to create my own PCBs. All I
>have access to right now are 2 Inkjet printers. One is a Lexmark Z12
>inkjet and the other is a HP OfficeJet 5610 All-In-One
>Printer/Scanner/Fax. How would I go about creating a PCB without
>access to laser printer and only inkjet printers?
>
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         73,
         Mike, K4GMH 

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