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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Using an Epson R300 to make PCBs

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-04-11

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:49:18 +0200, Alan King <alan@...> wrote:

> And what would be really good to try would be the parrafin. But of
>
> course, Epson with the easy CD tray also has permanent seperate heads,
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> which would be much more of a PITA to keep flowing.. And equally of
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> course, the HP's with the all in one head and cart don't have an easy
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> printer for doing a board that I'm aware of, haven't looked at their
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> newest offerings in a while though. Not helping I finally tossed all my
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> old HP inkjets, they aren't worth much and were taking up too much room..
>
>
> Alan


There's no way on earth paraffin will go through the epson printhead. How
would you keep the plastic parts hot enough to even keep it liquid?

HPs even need conductive ink to heat it in their bubblejet heads i think.

no way, just no way with wax....

ST