Homebrew PCBs

The error message while using the tray was due to the tray not positioned
perfectly. The R220 seems fussy that way. so I tried again.

Your post beat me to the punch :)

I have just printed using Diptrace ( a pcb program) directly onto a cd. I'm
right now creating the mask to use on the printout almost exacltly as you
described..

Myc




On 8/7/06, Lez <lez.briddon@...> wrote:
>
>   > 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.
>
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