I will do...but I'm one of those guys that needs the project to "talk to me" - no I don't mean I'm going insane, but now I've stripped it down, there appears to be several options & there's no clear winner at the moment...so rather than rush into it, over the coming days/weeks eventually one option will percolate to the top.Originally Posted by Ioannis
Quick option - have this printer print onto pcbs only (that would just mean raising the print head a little - easy)
Less quick option - convert this to a flat bed printer, where I can feed all manner of stuff below the print head. This would need a significantly different approach (much more clearance need below)...the roller 'feed' would need to be binned - a leadscrew would likely need t be the way etc etc.
the initial probem facing many conversions is that there's an optical 'paper detect' sensor - the printer feeds the paper in, but then backs it out a little until the leading edge of the paper is detected - it the proceeds to print .....now that's a great idea when printing on paper, but for pcbs...all the to'ing & fro'ing is not welcome.
so at this early stage, I can feel a pic being brought into the equation to spoof the optical sensor! (something that surprisingly nobody seems to have done - they mainly go low tech with a mechanical approach to spoofing the optical sensor)
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