Homebrew PCBs

Forgett lasers for this purpose, these days, get a Canon Pixma 4300. An 
alternative some time ago was the Epson Stylus C62 (set to premium 
glossy photo paper quality), but it's no longer available. This way 
traces down to 0.15mm are realistic and reproduceable and since no heat 
is involved, distortion is no issue or if still present, linear and you 
can compensate for it with something like CorellDraw etc.

Markus

pixelpajas schrieb:
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> Hi,
>
> Currently I'm are using a Laserjet 1100 for my photomasks as it prints
> really opaque black prints well on OHP transparencies. However when
> the lines become to thin (<0.35mm) small holes start to appear at
> random along the lines. This forces med to spend way to much time
> covering the holes with a marker pen.
>
> Another problem is that the printer distorts larger PCB designs to
> such an extent that i becomes impossible to align large double sided
> PCB's. I could deal with the distortion if it was linear on both sides
> but the elongation of the y axis due to heat up of OHP transparencies
> is unfortunetely somewhat different on the sides. I could probably buy
> some thick tracing paper to avoid some of the distortion. But i would
> rather find a new good printer that just works with transparencies (if
> at all possible).
>
> So are there any recommendations on laser printers that have worked
> well for you guys?
>
> Cheers
> //Iman
>
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