Homebrew PCBs

Derek,
It works!.
I just made a very neat looking PCB with the HP DeskJet 960c!
First I had to overcome HP's Commercial trick; I had to install the 
colorcartridge before the machine was willing to print in black and 
white.
I am using transparencies made by Canon for Color BJ printer(CF-101) 
after almost getting 
a heardattack reading the price for the HP trannies ($ 45 for 50)
There are thousends of microscopic little pinholes on the 
transparency but that proved not to be a problem. I am using Bunguard 
FR4 PCB material. The PCB's are exposed with UV light using contact 
printing method.
Even with the slow output from the 286 computer I did not get white 
stripes as was always the problem with the old Olivetti.
Thanks again!
ELSO



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "High Tech" <hightechsystems@a...> wrote:
> 
> Elso,
> I am running my dos program on windows 98se right now but it did 
work
> on a dos only computer too.
> Derek
> 
> 
> Hi Derek,
> Thanks for the reply. 
> I don't understand the last sentence of your post stating that all 
> DOS programs are sending the printjob through Windows.
> Boardmaker does not work under Windows; Windows should not even be 
> detected. Boardmaker is a pure DOS program and works on a PC 
without 
> Windows on it. The printerdriver is contained in the program and 
has 
> HP PCL3 language.
> But if your old program can print to a HP970 I am confident it will 
> work with the HP960 DeskJet too.
> ELSO
> 
> --
> >   All dos programs still send the print job through windows so 
the 
> HP
> > program must be converting the file before it goes to the
> >   printer.
> > 
> >   Derek
> > 
> >     I used the laserjetprinter output of the program. I 
understand 
> this
> >     in in HP PCL3 language to the printer. The Boardmaker program
> >     supports printers like HP LaserjetII.
> >     The new HP Inkjet printers use HP PCL 3 IMPROVED language. So 
my
> >     question is: is this new  language backwards compatible? Can 
I 
> use a
> >     HP Deskjet 920 or 960 with my old Boardmaker PCB design 
> software?
> >     The program runs under DOS; Windows should NOT be detected.
> >     Any help greatly appreciated.
> >     ELSO.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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