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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-04 by John Coppens

On 04 Jul 2008 17:57:16 -0400
DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:

> > Couldn't the comb indicate that the paper thickness is incorrect?
> > Maybe slightly thinner/thicker paper would cause the error to
> > distribute on both sides?
> 
> It also only happens in the paper feed direction (edges perpendicular
> to paper motion direction).  The edges in the print head direction are
> mostly OK, aside from minor variations due to jet imprecision.

That's what I meant - if the paper is just slightly thicker, the paper
would advance (microscopically) faster. Even when the paper is fed flatly
to the jets, the tracking roll would still feed it slight faster.

John

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