Homebrew PCBs

>  The first thing that I noticed was the cheap cartridges did not match
>  the EPSON ink colors, the greys were very green and overall the
>  brightness was lacking. You get wht you pay for.

same as my 900.


>
>  I then started to try some CD printing using the tray. I tried to
>  print a word document onto a CD using the tray, but received and error
>  message to close the CD tray and try again. :(
>

The 900 is not that intelligent.


>  I then loaded the CD print software and tried it out. It great for
>  printing CD's but has a slight problem, it leaves a hole in the center
>  of the image. You can adjust the hole size but there is a minimum
>  value. The software is just too smart to let you print on the hub. Not
>  very good, unless you want skinny pcbs.

Or pcb's with a DMZ in the middle, or space for a big mounting hole...

>
>  Ideally, there is some software that will let you print over the hole.
>  I'll be looking at a few packages next.
>

I use jasc PSP 7.04 and tell it the 900 has a4 in, then load the tray,
and for cd's I print in the top corner of the a4 onscreen image, I
have made up a two layer image, layer 2 just contains a circle that is
aligned for the cd, I then drop the image I want on the cd into layer
1 and print layer 1 only, printed pcb's the same way, but I only have
dye inks so its not staying on the pcb.

works evertime though, epson 900, ebay, nuff said.