On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:37:30AM +0200, ropers wrote: > (c), an ink jet printer cannot do this: http://www.riccibitti.com/pcb/pcb.htm However, inkjets seem to be better for printing masks for photo-etching, but the transparencies are awfully expensive and so is the ink when it dries out. I got surprisingly good results photo etching with plain paper and an inkjet, about as good as a LaserJet 2200 and good transparencies.
For the toner transfer trick it seems to me that LaserJet 3 and 4 work very well, they print much darker than newer lasers. Haven't tried a color laser, they might have interesting differences. I wish I could just put my PCBs through a laser printer and etch away... -- Jussi Peltola
