[sudo-discuss] vinyl cutter/plotter & wax printer online

[Jake]

the printers likely have a line of bad pixels down the middle of the page, 
but for circuits we can just use a good part of the print area.

i already have plenty of pyralux!

On Thu, 26 May 2016, robb wrote:

> the wax printer seems like it will be ideal for event posters too
>
> i'll do a sudoroom logo test then let's get lots of pyra*lux*
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> technically i should mention that the vinyl cutter may have a teensy
>> problem related to its brain being out of whack.  I have never messed with
>> it but others have fooled with it and Miloh could probably tell us more.
>>
>> Worst case we order a replacement brain board from the manufacturer, or
>> design our own from scratch (it's just two stepper motors I believe)
>>
>> the vinyl cutter came with two stands - the brand new one in the box which
>> is grey metal is actually for a slightly different vinyl cutter.  The black
>> stand is for our cutter, but we might mix it with parts from the grey one
>> to make it better, or on wheels.  We have a piece of red vinyl to start
>> with and we can get more vinyl once it's working.
>>
>> as for the Xerox Phaser 8650, it will be great for making circuitboards
>> with this pyralux material.  But first we will need to get the printer to
>> print something other than a test page! :)
>>
>> also, we should find a place for it to live where we can leave it on,
>> since it spends a lot of ink starting and stopping.
>>
>> -jake
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 26 May 2016, Marc Juul wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:13 PM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dale C (DC) came by the sudo party & we got the xerox phaser 8650 wax
>>>> printer working & the US Cutter vinyl plotter seems to work too (boots
>>>> nicely :/)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah! We're gonna cut the waxiest vinyl prints!
>>>
>>> --
>>> marc/juul
>>>
>>>
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