Homebrew PCBs

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:21:13 -0000, wheedal99 <wheedal@...> 
wrote:

> Well, My father actually got one when I showed him this (he has a home 
> recording studio and doesn't like the CD's his epson inkjet based CD 
> printer makes him use...).  Its a pretty silly little unit, but it does 
> what it was intended for.  The device has a fixed carriage and the print 
> head only makes one pass, the user is then expected to manually rotate 
> the disc and let it make another pass for printing on the bottom of the 
> CD.  The printing surface is approx .75" x 3"; so if you only make very 
> tiny circuit boards and at fairly coarse resolutions (on the order of 
> 200-300dpi from the looks of it); this may be the very thing you are 
> looking for...  :')  It is cheap and does a good job doing simple labling 
> on CD's though...
> -Dal
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs"Steve" <alienrelics@y...>
>> However: I mentioned before the possibility of using those wax
> ribbon
>> CD printers for this. Casio now makes a model that costs only $90.
>> Maybe all it would take is a hack of the driver (Linux, anyone?)
> and a
>> slight modification of the tray to allow printing without a hole in
>> the center.
>
>
I think last issue of local pc magazine tested this cd printer..

is it black only?

they described the resolution being very low.

but it uses a tape which is hotmelt to the cd, not sure if it would work 
with copper.
(this was discussed, copper is harder to heat).

st



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