Homebrew PCBs

Oh gosh no!  I realize the photo process is MUCH simpler than the 
photographic developing process.  It's just that I have done that 
sort of thing before and it no longer interests me.  However, 
hacking an ink jet printer into doing something like what we are 
discussing - that sounds like fun!


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "derekhawkins" <eldata@...> 
wrote:
>
> >I don't know
> >why, I used have a darkroom and develop photos and such. 
> 
> Possibly because you think developing PCBs is as involved as 
> developing photos. The following, in reference to photographic 
> method of doing PCBs, is from the Pulsar website;
> 
> ================================
> This has been the most common method for the serious "midnight 
> engineer" as well as R&D divisions of larger corporations who do 
> their own designs.
> 
> This process requires a lot of support equipment. Darkroom, hot 
roll 
> laminator to apply dry film (or buy expensive pre-sensitized PCB 
> blanks), use one of several methods to make your film negative, UV 
> exposure lamp & counter, contact print frame, trays and processing 
> chemicals! There is a lot to it on the "setup" side. 
> 
> As you can see, this can be a pretty involved procedure and the 
> system takes up quite a bit of dedicated space. It's not the 
fastest 
> and it's not the cheapest method, however, results can be 
extremely 
> good and it does allow for limited mass production capabilities.
> ================================
> 
> Trust me, the above is a long outdated approach. However, 
convenient 
> to use if one is in the business of selling TT supplies.
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing" 
> <lcdpublishing@> wrote:
> >
>