Moving flatbed table or gantry ?.
2008-05-11 by John Kent
I took apart an Epson C42 printer this afternoon and it occurred to me that perhaps the best approach to making a UV PCB printer was, instead of modifying an existing printer into a flat bed .... it might be simpler to build one from scratch. It would also allow a removable print head assembly. My question .... is it better to move the table or the print head 'gantry'. It seems that perhaps a moving table could have less mass than a moving gantry. Also has anyone actually succeeded in producing a working UV flatbed using the Epson print head ?. Would like to contact anyone who hs tried it. John K.