G81-3000 LPNEU: dye-sublimated or not?
- benichka
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Hello there
Someone gave me a G81-3000 LPNEU.
Is there a way to know is the keycaps are dye-sublimated? It seems not, as the lettering seems engraved, but still...
Here are the pics:
Sorry, no macro lens so it's a bit difficult to take a proper pic of the lettering...
I forgot to take a pic of the thickness of a keycap, I'll probably update that this evening. One thing is sure: it's PBT! It's written inside it.
Thanks
Someone gave me a G81-3000 LPNEU.
Is there a way to know is the keycaps are dye-sublimated? It seems not, as the lettering seems engraved, but still...
Here are the pics:
Sorry, no macro lens so it's a bit difficult to take a proper pic of the lettering...
I forgot to take a pic of the thickness of a keycap, I'll probably update that this evening. One thing is sure: it's PBT! It's written inside it.
Thanks
- HzFaq
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The L in the product code LPNEU says they are lasered PBT.
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_article_numbers
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_article_numbers
- kbdfr
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Perhaps, if you compare lasered PBT to lasered ABS caps,andrewjoy wrote: ↑still they are PBT better than ABS
but you cannot seriously argue a lasered PBT cap with its pale and undefinied legend
is better than a doubleshot ABS cap with its well-contrasted, crisp legend.
- Madhias
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I would also prefer a doubleshot ABS cap over a lasered PBT cap.
- Mal-2
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I thought double-shot PBT-over-POM (with transparent POM even!) was becoming a thing.kbdfr wrote: ↑Perhaps, if you compare lasered PBT to lasered ABS caps,
but you cannot seriously argue a lasered PBT cap with its pale and undefinied legend
is better than a doubleshot ABS cap with its well-contrasted, crisp legend.
- seebart
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like with so many things I guess it's preference. One could argue that certain keycap printing is better readable than others. I find the cap printing on my black Dell AT102 pretty horrible. The Northgate style doubleshots im typing on now are beautiful.Mal-2 wrote: ↑I thought double-shot PBT-over-POM (with transparent POM even!) was becoming a thing.kbdfr wrote: ↑Perhaps, if you compare lasered PBT to lasered ABS caps,
but you cannot seriously argue a lasered PBT cap with its pale and undefinied legend
is better than a doubleshot ABS cap with its well-contrasted, crisp legend.
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on looks no, on quality of lettering no .
On the feel of the plastic i can
- scottc
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The Dell caps are really horrible all around though, they feel so slimy and horrible when they're worn. I've never used a black one but that's how all of the beige ones feel to me.seebart wrote: ↑like with so many things I guess it's preference. One could argue that certain keycap printing is better readable than others. I find the cap printing on my black Dell AT102 pretty horrible. The Northgate style doubleshots im typing on now are beautiful.Mal-2 wrote: ↑I thought double-shot PBT-over-POM (with transparent POM even!) was becoming a thing.kbdfr wrote: ↑Perhaps, if you compare lasered PBT to lasered ABS caps,
but you cannot seriously argue a lasered PBT cap with its pale and undefinied legend
is better than a doubleshot ABS cap with its well-contrasted, crisp legend.
- seebart
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if they feel "slimy" then you need to clean them scott, but that might not be worth it at all. The black caps are no better than the beige ones.scottc wrote: ↑
The Dell caps are really horrible all around though, they feel so slimy and horrible when they're worn. I've never used a black one but that's how all of the beige ones feel to me.
wow I just got this message for the first time:
that could seriously inhibit my posting and editing and post-editing!You may embed only 3 quotes within each other.
- scottc
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No, they're perfectly clean! It's just a quality of the crappy, worn plastic. It's like typing on an eel...
(okay, maybe I am exaggerating )
(okay, maybe I am exaggerating )
- kbdfr
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I have been using my doubleshot Cherry caps for at least 10-15 years now,
migrating them from one to the next keyboard.
I love how they shine, honestly showing their age and wear
migrating them from one to the next keyboard.
I love how they shine, honestly showing their age and wear
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I envy that, man. I ridicule my parents for their habit of leaving the protective film on devices like phones, cameras, etc, but then I realised I am just the same with (some) keyboards. I recently sold a Cherry 60th anniversary board purely because I am too much of a wimp to make the pretty ABS keys shiny
- scottc
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In that case, I will kindly accept your less-worn dyesub caps.kbdfr wrote: ↑I have been using my doubleshot Cherry caps for at least 10-15 years now,
migrating them from one to the next keyboard.
I love how they shine, honestly showing their age and wear
- HzFaq
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I get that with POM caps when I've been drinking too much coffee and I get the sweats .scottc wrote: ↑No, they're perfectly clean! It's just a quality of the crappy, worn plastic. It's like typing on an eel...
(okay, maybe I am exaggerating )
@002 - I've done that, I sold my SAG caps because I was too scared to type on them .
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I think the idea is to prevent Quoteception, with the boxes eventually getting so narrow you get one word per column.seebart wrote: ↑that could seriously inhibit my posting and editing and post-editing!You may embed only 3 quotes within each other.
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Right Cherry models that have an L as the first letter after the numeric model number will have lasered legend. If the keys are light colored they will be PBT, and if they are dark color POM. Of course there are always some exceptions. Such as the blank models which have L even though there are no legends, or with custom models such as the one made for Leitch which are dyesublimated even though it does have an L code.
Even when you can't see the model label, or the full model number is not listed the low contrast and typeface used on lasered models always give them away.
Even when you can't see the model label, or the full model number is not listed the low contrast and typeface used on lasered models always give them away.
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And I bought them because I wasn'tHzFaq wrote: ↑I sold my SAG caps because I was too scared to type on them .
Using them as we speak
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- HzFaq
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