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We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners (www.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@midwest.social

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The transfer is done because it's really hard to feed a PCB into a printer.

Color is the main concern.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah, right enough. I remember destroying a $20 inkjet so I could feed PCBs through it.
I stopped prototyping my own PCBs before I got into UV transfer or toner transfer. Its been a good many years

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

One lab I was in used a CNC mill to route boards. It was pretty effective, and really great for custom geometry like encoders formed to the back of motors or boards doubling as structural components.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I bought a 3d printer with an eye to get back into PCB fab... Either by swapping to a CNC head, or by printing plastic onto PCB.
I just don't make enough PCBs these days to justify the FAFF of making it work. Which is a shame. I bet if have a lot of fun