From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 06:42:18 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A7CA19D60080; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 06:42:18 -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 <4.007DBA54@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 9:28:13 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 2947 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:27:38 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 0526; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:27:06 -0500 Received: from madmax.botkin.org [68.13.69.197] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:27:05 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by madmax.botkin.org Received: from localhost (dale@localhost) by madmax.botkin.org (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id gAFER7Y12791 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:27:07 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:27:07 -0600 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Dale Botkin Subject: Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: <3DD4FF4A.2F51@ezy.net.au> X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600670 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 00000772-0000 On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Roman Black wrote: > To get the ink to a decent thickness you need to > ensure the pen traverse is slow enough, meaning > the plotter speed has to be run on slow which is > exascerbating the problem with the plotter solution. > There is also a slight tendency for the tip to > "scrub off" ink from previous passes, making it > harder to do large inked areas, which is one > area (pun?) that the bubblejet will really outperform > the plotter. :o) Assuming anyone actually gets a bubblejet working. Plotters are known to work. But if anyone can get a bubblejet squirting resist ink, I'm sure it's you. Dale -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.