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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: A differen direct inkjet printingtechnique for making PCBs

2006-08-27 by Leon Heller

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From: "scratch_6057" <dml.empsrch@...>
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Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 4:35 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: A differen direct inkjet printingtechnique for 
making PCBs


> Leon,
> As you probably realize if you print on transparency material
> the image needs to be reversed so that the Ink can be in direct contact
> with the photosensitive coating on a board. Otherwise the thickness of
> the transparency material allows light to leak around the edges of the
> image, resulting in "undercutting " of the image. Wouldn't a gelatin
> coating produce the same type of "light path" under the ink image? How
> do you propose to evenly apply a gelatin coating THIN enough to avoid
> this? Have you had the opportunity to test the process?

That could be a problem, but the gelatine could probably be made thin 
enough. I don't have a suitable printer to test it.

Leon

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