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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: FIrst Board a success

2011-09-02 by Jeff Heiss

DJ, what model laser printer do you use for print to transparences?

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: DJ Delorie <dj@...>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 11:04 AM
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: FIrst Board a success

 

 Vicent Colomar Prats <vicentecolomar@...> writes:
 > All I can say, in my experience, is laser printers do a better job than
 > inkjet. They do not need special transparency films and cure (dry)
 > inmediatly. I never used other drivers than stock. A thing I noticed is,
 > altought black inkjet print seems more consistent than laser, results are
 > poore compared both.

 I can do 10/10 or 8/8 with toner or 5/5 with inkjet, but inkjet is far
 more reliable if you use the coated films.

 > Thanks for info on green and yellow are better on uv blocking than black, I
 > never tried, maybe give a try next time.

 Note: test your inks before deciding. For my claria inks, green is
 useless and yellow doesn't dry fast enough - only black works.


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