Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "mikezcnc" <eemikez@c...> wrote:
> Quite possible. I am using this opportunity to warn averybody against 
> buying an Epson 1520. It is a royal junk printer that has problems 
> printing on paper. Piece of $it if you ask me. I will also advise 
> everybody against buying a bulk feed system and I will advice against 
> morons like owners of www.posjet.com who claim an imagesetter 
> quality. Their ink dries out in the bottle. PCB printing is a nirvana 
> for a hobby market. Mike

The Epson 1520 is an old and discontinued Epson. I have one, got it at
a thrift store for $26. Still going on eBay for around $200, because
it will print 13.6 inches wide and the piezo head can use 3rd party
pigmented and dye sub inks.

The 1520 is a pain. I am using it with a bulk ink system with
pigmented ink, and it is -very- sensistive to the height of ink in the
bottles. No way is it imagesetter quality, I only use it for Tshirt
and other fabric imprinting, I can even print directly on cloth with
it. But I have to keep fiddling with the height of the bottles as it
uses up ink.

If you get a 1520 and intend to use it to try printing on PCBs, don't.
Put it up on eBay and use the money to buy some old cheaper letter
size Epson printers and play with those. If you do a good auction,
you'll get well over $100 for a 1520.

Steve