Homebrew PCBs

The Samsung CLP-325 set to 100% scale prints at 1:1 while an Epson  
Workforce 500 would print accurately at 100.5% if such a setting were  
available. I need accuracy and an opaque printout but neither printer  
prints an opaque black. Has anyone looked at a Xerox wax printer for  
accuracy and opaqueness?
Terry Mickelson

Phaser solid ink printer has

Excellent opaqueness

Excellent scale accuracy

Average resolution

My canon inkjet wins over the phaser for doing photo-tools.

Anecdotally Epson inkjets are meant to be better than canons. So unless you already have the phaser then your better off getting a known good inkjet.

>Anecdotally Epson inkjets are meant to be better than canons. So unless you already have the phaser then

>your better off getting a known good inkjet.

Assuming you want to buy one, any particular Epson or are all Epson's up to the task?

Where did you find these scale/size numbers?

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- Horace

Where did you come up with those numbers (scale/size)?

On 11-Nov-13, at 12:09 PM, <twgray2007@...> wrote:


Where did you come up with those numbers (scale/size)?

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---In homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com, <tmlist@...> wrote:

The Samsung CLP-325 set to 100% scale prints at 1:1 while an Epson
Workforce 500 would print accurately at 100.5% if such a setting were
available. I need accuracy and an opaque printout but neither printer
prints an opaque black. Has anyone looked at a Xerox wax printer for
accuracy and opaqueness?
Terry Mickelson

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At the risk of sounding rude, the numbers come from a ruler on the  
printout.
Any further explanation would be a waste of time.
Terry Mickelson

Terry,

I also have Canvas.  For people not familiar with the program it is like a
combination of AutoCAD and Photoshop.

 

Version 11 for the PC, and I assume Mac, has independent high resolution
scaling.  I just scaled a sample 100.5 in X and 99.5% in Y and it worked as
expected.

 

AutoCAD has a printer/Plotter calibrate option and I did not check Canvas
but I would expect that there is an independent printer calibration option
so the original data can be left untouched.

 

For Gerber printing the GC-Preview will allow independent scaling.

Bertho

From:  Terry Mickelson   Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 21:07



On 11-Nov-13, at 12:42 PM, Boman33 wrote:

Note, some software allows independent scaling of both X & Y to compensate
for printer or plotter errors.

Bertho

 I'm using Deneba's CanvasT which I have used for years now because it
doesn't break. I use the software for my renovations and PCB's and radio
chassis assemblies, on a Mac. It does it all including the setting of the
printout to any percentage but only in whole numbers. 100.5% just isn't
there.

Terry Mickelson

No need to be a jerk about it...I'm not doubting your statement, I just need to determing the same thing for the printers I am using. OK, so you got them off the ruler...what software were you using that gave you the ruler? Jeez!!!

I think you are missing the obvious: Print an object with known dimensions, for example a PCB, and physically measure the printed copy with a regular ruler.

Bertho

From:  twgray2007@...  Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 09:09



No need to be a jerk about it...I'm not doubting your statement, I just need to determing the same thing for the printers I am using.  OK, so you got them off the ruler...what software were you using that gave you the ruler?  Jeez!!!

---In homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com, <tmlist@...> wrote:

The Samsung CLP-325 set to 100% scale prints at 1:1 while an Epson 
Workforce 500 would print accurately at 100.5% if such a setting were 
available. I need accuracy and an opaque printout but neither printer 
prints an opaque black. Has anyone looked at a Xerox wax printer for 
accuracy and opaqueness?
Terry Mickelson

Boy, is my face ever red...Got it! I was looking for a much more complicated solution! :+>