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Re: any way to improve image placement on page?

2010-03-17 by James

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, William <walford@...> wrote:
>
> anyone have tips to have repeatable image registration on the page? i 
> want to print an image and then reprint the same page for denser 
> image as another image is printed right over the previous image. 
> sometimes works and sometimes it is off 1/16" or more. any mods to 
> the feed/paper tray? are some printers better at this than others? 
> which brand/model would do this best? thanks. William
>


I've never used a printer that had good enough registration to do this, they just aren't designed for it, even off by a thou will be visible.

What sort of image are you printing? A good printer should be able to do it in a single pass.

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