Sounds good.
I'm also getting black and yellow ink, and a stylus color 600.
I plan on refilling the cartridges conventionally first, but a CFS sounds
good for later, esp. since i can't get spongeless cartridges for this
printer and i don't really want to mess about pulling them out all the
time...
Looking forward to all those results which will be coming in soon...
ST
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:47:00 +0200, Chris Horne <chris@...> wrote:
> At the risk of bring those who are not interested in Injet printing
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> directly onto boards..
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> I am just about to bite the bullet on this one..
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> I am going to go for an Epson R220 and a Continuous Ink System.
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> Advantages..
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> a) The R220 is a CD printer so should be easier to modify to print
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> boards directly.
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> b) If the printer breaks, as it is a fairly new model, I should be
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> able to get a replacement quickly.
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> c) The printers are available cheaply without ink as there are sellers
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> on ebay who remove the genuine cartridges and sell them seperately.
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> b) The CIS system gets round the problem of chipping cartridges.
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> c) The CIS also allows the printing cartridges to be connected to the
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> same reservoir once the best ink is determined.
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> d) The suppliers of the CIS on eBay will supply it empty which will
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> save flushing out the Dye Ink.
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> e) If a particular cartridge gets a blocked nozzle, simply by changing
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> the color of the print, printing can continue.
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> It might take a while to get all the bits.. but I thought i would
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> share my logic with the group.
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> Chris