> The black ink cartridge could be filled with resist instead of
> normal ink and providing that a flusher solvent was available for
> use at the end of each print run the printer should come to no harm
> either. A CD is a similar thickness to a PCB so a very
> accurate "print" would be obtained directly onto the PCB.
I never really thought about that, but that sure is a clever idea.
I have an R200, and its CD printing is nothing short of phenomenal.
I'm not really familiar with Epson's inkjet printers, since this is my
first non-HP inkjet, so would using a different kind of ink (or the
solvent you mentioned) cause any other parts to be damaged? The ink
in Sharpie pens would be perfect---it dries very fast on copper, and
resists etchant VERY well.
It's not a bad idea if it could work! And the R220 (the R200's
replacement) is cheap enough that I'd buy one just for PCB printing.