16 Jun
2006
16 Jun
'06
3:30 p.m.
On 6/16/2006 at 11:12 AM Dennis Boone wrote:
It's tricky at best. We seem to be having trouble
with getting the
toner to stick where single lines are a ways from other stuff. I'm
looking into alternate papers, different printer, etc.
We haven't tried etching yet, so I can't speak to whether we'll have
problems with the etchant eating into the fine lines.
I for one would be very interested to hear if and how you were able to get
good fine-resolution PCB traces with this system. When I tried it, it was
still being trotted out as an idea and it was very much inferior to the
photoresist process.
BTW, photo sensitized clad board is still available, but it's not cheap.
These folks bought the assets of Kepro:
http://www.dalpro.net/
Given some of the prices for boards and chemicals, it might be quite a bit
cheaper to send the artwork out to be prototyped.
Cheers,
Chuck