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Would an ink jet work for making the transparincies for photo etching a pcb or would the ink slough off or something ? Not a pic question directly but it's a pic device I'm developing. Tony M.

From my (little) experience I can say that ink jetting isn't perfect for the job, but it is a lot better than photocoping or laserprinting on a transparency. Best 'hobby' results are created with an penplotter (=hobby?) on non-glossy semi-transparant paper ('calc'?). -Etienne van Ballegooijen Tony Matthews wrote: > > Would an ink jet work for making the transparincies for photo etching a > pcb or would the ink slough off or something ? > Not a pic question directly but it's a pic device I'm developing. > Tony M.

Tony Matthews wrote: > > Would an ink jet work for making the transparincies for photo etching a > pcb or would the ink slough off or something ? > Not a pic question directly but it's a pic device I'm developing. > Tony M. Yes. Maybe you have to set the option "Intensify black" (it is possible on my Canon BJ). Bye.

At 13:08 15/11/96 -0500, Tony Matthews wrote: >Would an ink jet work for making the transparincies for photo etching a >pcb or would the ink slough off or something ? >Not a pic question directly but it's a pic device I'm developing. AFAIK it depends on both the ink and the transparency material. Some inks are based on water, some on some alcohol like stuff. Gotta get a transparency specified for a certain ink, I suppose.

Franco wrote: > > Tony Matthews wrote: > > > > Would an ink jet work for making the transparincies for photo etching a > > pcb or would the ink slough off or something ? > > Not a pic question directly but it's a pic device I'm developing. > > Tony M. > Yes. > Maybe you have to set the option "Intensify black" (it is possible on my > Canon BJ). > Bye. Thanks franco I have a bjc 4000 and now I'll give it a try. Tony M bye

I've got an Epson Stylus Color, and I use it to print my PCBs layouts (transparencies at 720 dpi) to photo etch my boards, and it works fine. The only problem you can have is to accurately trim the print heads distance from the film to avoid parasite ink traces. Another thing: you just need to wait at least 2 hours to have your film really dry. Gael

>Would an ink jet work for making the transparincies Use the transparincies sold for inkjet printers. If you use the copier/laser printer transparency in an inkjet the ink runs and smears.

Hi, I use both Ink Jet and LaserJet O/P onto A4 tracing paper/drafting film. It gives me far more repeatable/solid results than I have achieved using transparencies and seems to be more stable - especially with the Laser. UV transparency doesn't appear to be a problem either. Just my two penneth... Andy B. --------------------------------------------------------- "How can I tell that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical senstaions and my state of mind..... ------------------------------------------- Douglas Adams