From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 02:44:37 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A01516A400A6; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:44:37 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <11.007DB4B6@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 5:30:28 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 0559 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:30:14 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 6017; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:28:27 -0500 Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with SMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:28:26 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com Received: from m114-mp1.cvx1-a.pop.dial.ntli.net ([62.255.68.114]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20021113114312.YZQF20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@m114-mp1.cvx1-a.pop.dial.nt li.net> for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:43:12 +0000 References: <005b01c28af4$20f62210$03eac150@biasbox> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.9/32.560 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <77e4tuovespqd3e89bkh0tpsog3j3gkmrv@4ax.com> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:42:51 +0000 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Mike Harrison Organization: White Wing Logic Subject: Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600626 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 0000074a-0000 I've also used PCB-Pool about half a dozen times for prototypes - no complaints whatsoever on quality- on the one occasion they were a couple of days late they shipped by next-day courier at no extra cost. They're probably not the cheapest for production runs but for 1-5 off prototypes I've yet to find better due to lack of tooling costs. On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:54:41 -0000, you wrote: >I have never had any problems with them. Have used them at least half a >dozen times for plated through hole one-off boards. They delivered when >they said they would at the price they quoted. No problems with the >quality. Only hassle is the silly file format they require. They now accept a large number of formats, including Gerber. Eagle,Ultiboard, Target, Protel,Orcad, Quickroute and Proteus Personally, I never had a problem with sending them GC-Prevue .gwk files - it's a useful format that includes all info in a single file, and putting your gerbers through GC-Prevue takes only a few seconds, and gives an extra check that the files are correct.=20 >Martin > >-----Original Message----- >From: pic microcontroller discussion list >[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Chris Hunter >Sent: 13 November 2002 09:08 >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "PicDude" >To: >Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:07 AM >Subject: Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? > > >> PCB-Pool also. > >In my experience, they're slow, expensive and poor quality. Won't go ther= e >again! Could you elaborate ? What was the problem with quality? How late were they ?=20 As regards cost, surely you knew that before ordering..... -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.