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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: UV lamps? Round 2

2005-01-27 by Terry Mickelson

Firstly, thanks to everyone who replied and a special thanks to those 
that also supplied URLs.
I'm basically screwed. My toner transfer isn't working a hundred 
percent and several papers were tried along with times and temperatures 
in a press and each had their own peculiar problem. The number 1 
problem is board cleaning followed by toner line edges that "wobble". 
It'll work, eventually. (See "Three Foot Rule", below.)
The UV lamp question was sort of answered but I still don't know 
whether to get a bulb or a tube. Around here, there's a where question 
as well.
The hp-1300 printout on tracing paper amounts to a dirty gray instead 
of an opaque black and I'm willing to bet the light will go right on 
through.
A copier tech said I needed a printer that used toner and developer for 
a true opaque black.
Let me take a moment here to introduce you to the "Three Foot Rule".
Go right up to your broken down car or crappy printer or whatever you 
have that doesn't work. Back off exactly three feet. No more, no less. 
Now take out your wallet and throw money at it until it works.
Lamps, printers. TT papers or films. Opaque artwork. It ain't happening 
yet.
Terry M

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