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Recently built a CNC setup for the light drilling of PCBs and thin
aluminum. Thought this would have ended all my drilling needs but as
usual one thing leads to another. Problem now is the accuracy of my
favorite laser printer. I could see there were alignment issues when
making double sided boards using artwork from this printer but the
workaround was simply to compromise with the positioning of each side.
Now it's quite obvious that the drilling setup is much more accurate
than the laser output and holes will not be centered as well as hoped
even after making scaling compromises.
With injet printers the results are near perfect but I hate the artwork
from them. Tried both an Epson 785EPX and 2200 with similar
results....Diagonal lines are just too jagged and octagonal pads looks
like crap for example. These are both photo printers (most seem to be
these days) and I'm wondering whether it's possible to get better
graphics from any type of injet printer? What would be the printers of
choice for excellent dimensional accuracy and fine art detail for less
than $1000.00 or even $2000.00? I'm not even interested in color.
aluminum. Thought this would have ended all my drilling needs but as
usual one thing leads to another. Problem now is the accuracy of my
favorite laser printer. I could see there were alignment issues when
making double sided boards using artwork from this printer but the
workaround was simply to compromise with the positioning of each side.
Now it's quite obvious that the drilling setup is much more accurate
than the laser output and holes will not be centered as well as hoped
even after making scaling compromises.
With injet printers the results are near perfect but I hate the artwork
from them. Tried both an Epson 785EPX and 2200 with similar
results....Diagonal lines are just too jagged and octagonal pads looks
like crap for example. These are both photo printers (most seem to be
these days) and I'm wondering whether it's possible to get better
graphics from any type of injet printer? What would be the printers of
choice for excellent dimensional accuracy and fine art detail for less
than $1000.00 or even $2000.00? I'm not even interested in color.