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Re: homebrew thermal transfer printer testing

2007-03-17 by Andrew

> > docstein99 wrote:
> > 
> > But isn't it kinda narrow, the ribbon?
> > How small would the PCBs need to be?

> ST wrote:
> 
> How narrow is an inkjet print head? Think
> about it...
> 
> The Alps ribbon is about 12 to 15mm wide.
> Prints 8.5x14 page.

But part of the thread had drifted off to
say

Print on the film a negative of what you
want then remove the film from the printer
and iron it on like toner transfer

if you did THAT you would either be stuck
with a PCB as wide as the film OR have to
spend a lot fo time lining it up.

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