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

From: Alan King <alan@...>
Date: 2006-04-11

derekhawkins wrote:

>>I know for a fact that the R340/320/300M/300/220/200 ink (all the
>>same) will not work on copper or brass.
>>
>>
>
>I have a R320 and the ink works fine with Epson's transparencies. That
>ink doesn't clog the nozzles easily either, I'm yet to clean the heads
>yet and usage is like twice a month. There's an Ink and Paper
>
>

Epson is notorious for wasting 30% of the ink for cleaning the
heads. This printer cleans the heads on its own about every time it's
used, even only hours apart The reason it's almost never necessary to
do a manual cleaning is because it does so many automatic ones.
Printers are super cheap for the manufacturing costs, carts only have
13.5 grams of ink and cost a fortune. It's also why the driver resets
to Epson Vivid every chance it gets, they make their money off the inks..

Alan