Homebrew PCBs

Stefan Trethan wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:27:41 +0200, Biulazz <biula@...> wrote:
> 
>>Hello all,
>>is somebody experienced with printing PCB with an old
>>Epson Stylus color 440?
>>I'm gonna modifying it, and I'll be glad to get inspiration
>>from someone else's earlier work!
>>Thank you in advance,
>>Biula.
> 
> 
> Hey, i found the older epsons will not work because the resolution seems  
> too low.
> The individual lines of ink it prints did not close up in my trial.
> I think you need 1440 dpi of vertical resolution.
> Not 100% sure about this though, but that's what it looked like.

Older epsons starting from the 720dpi stylus-400 colour are perfectly
ok for tracks of 10mil.

Crap printouts only happen when crap ink and/or transparency is used.

For the last few years, i've been using a stylus-460 colour, and there's
no gaps between lines or pinholing.