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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: PC masks from a laser printer??
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- Date: 27 Jul 92 19:31:38 GMT
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- MATGBB@LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU (BYRNES,Graham) writes:
- >Up until now I have made my PCB's using donut and tape transfers on
- >overhead proj film, exposing Electrolube +ve resist on the copper.
- >However, as I have now entered the compuer age and bought a cheapy
- >PCB CAD program, I need to produce masks from a laser printer.
- >I tried the obvious (direct print on transparency), but the result
- >was sufficiently porous that the copper looked like a 1/2 tone printers plate
- >after etching. What should I do? I'm going to try inking over the printed
- >bits on the mask, but that doesn't leave me a long way in front of the
- >stick on donut method.
- *----
- Assuming your laser printer prints EXACTLY the right size (most of the
- ones I've worked with have some variation. Are they precise enough for
- a couple foils between 1/10" spaced leads?), you could have a
- photopositive (or negative) transparency made. Ask for high
- contrast, and it should be sufficiently opaque.
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- Mike Berger
- Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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