Is it time for someone to purpose-design a direct-to-pcb printer? Probably way too expensive to consider, but still... Maybe something that laminates UV film on, and has a linear array of high power UV LEDs to expose the film as it's being laminated, on both sides... Include an infeed tray with registration pins for pre-drilled PCBs... pre-drill, drop on pins, press button, when pcb comes out the other side you wait 15 minutes, peel off the outer protective film, and develop. Maybe it could laminate (or just use a sticky-backed film) on a UV-opaque film over the UV film after exposure, so you don't even need a darkroom :-) Add a tiny inkjet head on the way out to print timestamp and job information, and you're done! ok, blue-skying over :-)
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pcb-specific laminator/exposure/etc printer...
2012-06-28 by DJ Delorie