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I've just bought a LaserJet 5P on eBay (30 GBP). It's working fine and is
*much* better than my old IIIp for doing PCB artwork, the tracks are a lot
more dense and sharp.

Leon
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Leon Heller, G1HSM
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller

On Mon, 17 May 2004 19:47:09 +0100, Leon Heller <leon_heller@...> 
wrote:

> I've just bought a LaserJet 5P on eBay (30 GBP). It's working fine and is
> *much* better than my old IIIp for doing PCB artwork, the tracks are a 
> lot
> more dense and sharp.
>
> Leon
> --
> Leon Heller, G1HSM
> http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller
>
>

artwork you say, meaning ohp transparencys?
or tt?

ST

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan 
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 19:47:09 +0100, Leon Heller <leon_heller@h...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > I've just bought a LaserJet 5P on eBay (30 GBP). It's working 
fine and is
> > *much* better than my old IIIp for doing PCB artwork, the tracks 
are a 
> > lot
> > more dense and sharp.
> >
> > Leon
> > --
> > Leon Heller, G1HSM
> > http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller
> >
> >
> 
> artwork you say, meaning ohp transparencys?
> or tt?

I use tracing paper for the transparencies. I've just made a PCB with 
10 mil tracks - the results were excellent. I'll try 8/8 next.

Leon

>I use tracing paper for the transparencies. I've just made a PCB with
>10 mil tracks - the results were excellent. I'll try 8/8 next.

>Leon

Wow, thats pretty impressive. The IIIp served me well, and I upgraded
supposedly to a 4 and it was absolutely terrible alignment wise, so I went
back to the IIIp. The 5 is a much better printer, and I'm glad they fixed
the alignment issues!!!

I've never used tracing paper before, I bought 50 sheets of Great White
Transparency material before Walmart stopped carrying it. When I run out,
I'll need to investigate the tracing paper. Besides that, it has to be less
money than transparency film.

Ron

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Amundson" 
<ron_amundson@h...> wrote:
> 
> >I use tracing paper for the transparencies. I've just made a PCB 
with
> >10 mil tracks - the results were excellent. I'll try 8/8 next.
> 
> >Leon
> 
> Wow, thats pretty impressive. The IIIp served me well, and I 
upgraded
> supposedly to a 4 and it was absolutely terrible alignment wise, so 
I went
> back to the IIIp. The 5 is a much better printer, and I'm glad they 
fixed
> the alignment issues!!!
> 
> I've never used tracing paper before, I bought 50 sheets of Great 
White
> Transparency material before Walmart stopped carrying it. When I 
run out,
> I'll need to investigate the tracing paper. Besides that, it has to 
be less
> money than transparency film.

Tracing paper works very well, I buy it by the A4 size pad from the 
local stationers. Being very stingy, I don't use a whole sheet at a 
time - I cut a piece a bit bigger than the board, stick it to a piece 
of A4 paper in the correct position with a piece of masking tape (I 
only use one piece of tape, at the top) and then feed that manually.

Leon