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Ethan
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hello,
Some geeks and myself are talking about making some moderately
advanced circuit boards. I was thinking back to the plotter idea,
where you use a XY plotter to plot directly onto the PCB surface. This
seems nice, and should yield a quicker turnaround versus the iron one
blue toner transfer stuff.
But I have a different idea. What about modifying an inkjet printer
to print directly on the board. Will the ink resist the etchant like a
sharpie marker will?
People have modified inkjet printers to print on CD-ROM disks, so
I'm assuming it can't be that hard to mod one of these printers, but
the value would be the question.
If a marker could be had for a X-Y table pen plotter that could do
1mm tracks (surface mount devices are the goal here) then that would
be acceptable.
Help and tips appreciated!
Some geeks and myself are talking about making some moderately
advanced circuit boards. I was thinking back to the plotter idea,
where you use a XY plotter to plot directly onto the PCB surface. This
seems nice, and should yield a quicker turnaround versus the iron one
blue toner transfer stuff.
But I have a different idea. What about modifying an inkjet printer
to print directly on the board. Will the ink resist the etchant like a
sharpie marker will?
People have modified inkjet printers to print on CD-ROM disks, so
I'm assuming it can't be that hard to mod one of these printers, but
the value would be the question.
If a marker could be had for a X-Y table pen plotter that could do
1mm tracks (surface mount devices are the goal here) then that would
be acceptable.
Help and tips appreciated!