A practical Epson 'flat bed' printer to print etch resist (floorpolish) directly onto copper laminated boards would be a big success.
This would save cutting up the printer mechanism on a standard printer and add ones own 'flatbed' and transform the roller platen stepper pulses into a 'linear' pulse train that drives the 'flat bed'.
From what I have found on the net this setup was demonstrated in 2002 by an electronic designer who was not interested in making the printer he wanted to make double sided prototype circuits real fast.
By the way he used a cheap Lexmark and the ink cartridge was filled with floorpolish.
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A practical Epson 'flat bed' printer to print etch resist (floorpolish) directly onto copper laminated boards would be a big success.
This would save cutting up the printer mechanism on a standard printer and add ones own 'flatbed' and transform the roller platen stepper pulses into a 'linear' pulse train that drives the 'flat bed'.
From what I have found on the net this setup was demonstrated in 2002 by an electronic designer who was not interested in making the printer he wanted to make double sided prototype circuits real fast.
By the way he used a cheap Lexmark and the ink cartridge was filled with floorpolish.