Homebrew PCBs

On 23/05/13 06:31, cunningfellow wrote:
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>> Phil wrote:
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>> <SNIP lots about lasers and tranny film>
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> If using a laser then vellum/drafting-film.
> Lasers a transperency material don't work
> well together.
>
> Lasers do excellent black for thin lines but
> unless you have a new-car-priced laser then
> large black areas will be faded.
>
> Any cheap inkjet will give better results
> than any cheap laser for large black areas.
> The inkjet will also have better dimensionl
> accuracy / less-distortion.
>
> Now I have lost access to the fantastic
> Tektronix laser I had at work I have switched
> to using a random canon inkjet on gelatine
> coated inkjet transparencies.
>
> Gives almost as good a result with $100 worth
> of printer than a $30K+ printer did.  Only
> downside is that the transparencies cost $2
> a sheet rather than $0.30 a sheet.  So I am
> frugal with them and do a test print on paper
> and then cut out a small rectangle of tranny
> to tape over the test print.

What model number is the Canon? Is it using the standard genuine ink?

Some inks won't soak into the gelatine film.