Homebrew PCBs

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:30:00 -0500, you wrote:

>I'm new to this group, so forgive me if this has already been 
>discussed to death. I am mostly interested in very small robots, so I 
>want to make small (less than 2x2 inches), relatively thin boards. 
>Has anyone successfully used one of these dedicated cd or dvd label 
>printers, or a photo printer that also allows cd printing for direct 
>transfer? I am aware of the ink issues, etc, though I have not fully 
>researched this, yet. Thanks for any leads.
>

Afaik, yes.

The issues are the type of printer, that it must be able to deal with
a CD, and that the ink is relatively critical.  Some people preheat
the board, and some need to be able to heat the board afterwards to
cure the ink.

Not sure how anybody has solved the registration problem, if at all.

Harvey

>Mark