Homebrew PCBs

Okay so I'm giving this a try and thought I'd share for others who found
themselves in my situation.

 

I am doing reproductions of vintage TV Typewriter boards and was
disappointed to find there was no easy way to make a white silkscreen for
parts placement labelling.  I tried the WhiteTRF stuff that you iron on top
of black toner that has been transferred to PCB, but could never make it
work.  I also looked at having actual silkscreens made by a company in the
US.  $70, plus paint cost and other tools.  Messy, and I'd have to keep
making new ones for any other boards I wished to reproduce.

 

So then I looked at white laser toner, figuring somebody must have come up
with something for this sort of purpose.   They had, but the printers
involved were $3000+.  But I kept hunting.  Now I've found these guys:

 

http://www.ghost-white-toner.com/?lang=en

 

So basically I got my hands on a Laserjet Color 200 Pro for $49.  The toner
is $149CDN + shipping, and I've ordered.  It's coming from Europe so it'll
be a while, but this toner appears to have been designed specifically with
transfer in mind, including to materials like plastic.  I'm not sure which
cartridge in a color printer it replaces, but if it works.. wow.. then I can
pretty much make silkscreens for any board I choose to reproduce.  Easily.
The toner is expensive but I imagine it would probably do a ton of boards
given how little is actually used.

 

Anyway, I'll be receiving both items soon and will post my results here for
those interested.


Brad

Brad,


     Very interesting, please keep us posted on how this goes.


NA1MH




On 11/21/2016 15:23, 'Brad' unclefalter@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
>
> Okay so I\u2019m giving this a try and thought I\u2019d share for others who 
> found themselves in my situation.
>
> I am doing reproductions of vintage TV Typewriter boards and was 
> disappointed to find there was no easy way to make a white silkscreen 
> for parts placement labelling.  I tried the WhiteTRF stuff that you 
> iron on top of black toner that has been transferred to PCB, but could 
> never make it work.  I also looked at having actual silkscreens made 
> by a company in the US. $70, plus paint cost and other tools.  Messy, 
> and I\u2019d have to keep making new ones for any other boards I wished to 
> reproduce.
>
> So then I looked at white laser toner, figuring somebody must have 
> come up with something for this sort of purpose.   They had, but the 
> printers involved were $3000+.  But I kept hunting.  Now I\u2019ve found 
> these guys:
>
> http://www.ghost-white-toner.com/?lang=en
>
> So basically I got my hands on a Laserjet Color 200 Pro for $49.  The 
> toner is $149CDN + shipping, and I\u2019ve ordered.  It\u2019s coming from 
> Europe so it\u2019ll be a while, but this toner appears to have been 
> designed specifically with transfer in mind, including to materials 
> like plastic.  I\u2019m not sure which cartridge in a color printer it 
> replaces, but if it works.. wow.. then I can pretty much make 
> silkscreens for any board I choose to reproduce.  Easily.  The toner 
> is expensive but I imagine it would probably do a ton of boards given 
> how little is actually used.
>
> Anyway, I\u2019ll be receiving both items soon and will post my results 
> here for those interested.
>
>
> Brad
>
> 


-- 
David Martin - NA1MH - Mountain Home, Ar.
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How much longer do I have to wait for 'Hollywood' to leave the U.S.A. ?

If that fails, I could laser up some stamps..