Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:29:21 +1000, you wrote:

>Hello,
>I was interested in testing performance of various inkjet 
>printers and transparency print media. Since I have a HP 692, 
>Cannon S330, and Epson Stylus 660 inkjet printers plus various 
>brands of transparencies I should be able to make a start on 
>comparative testing.
>
> From what I've learned so far is that a 60X microscope view of 
>the print through a incandescent back-light gives very good 
>details of the print, and clearly distinguishes differences 
>between printers (fitted only with genuine manufacture ink 
>cartridges), driver settings, and print media. I have been taking 
>digital photos through the microscope eye piece and the image 
>quality seems plenty high enough for this purpose. If anyone is 
>interested I will put some examples available online.
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I can't help with your question, but I want you to know that I'm very
interested in the results of your tests. Compareing the results of an
Epson Stylus C62 and a HP-DeskJet 900CGi the Epson won hands down. I
figure it must be the ink and hence I think your attempt to research
this with a more sientific aproach could help in sheeding light on
this mystrey.

Hmm, just an idea, but if you manage to describe your test procedure
in a simple enough fashion so as others could repeat the test we all
could help in building up a database or such?

Markus