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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE :First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-05-30

On Tue, 30 May 2006 04:59:15 +0200, Volkan Sahin <vsahin@...>
wrote:

> The problem is in cyan cartridge I am using mixture of black and yellow
> that results very bad green which you do not want to see on your PCB.
> Therefore no chance of blue.
> Volkan


lol, indeed it is a very ugly green! I have tried using yellow only for
the second refill, and one can still see it reasonably well. The
interesting thing is the yellow turns slightly brownish when ready while
curing on the stove, i'm not sure it does that mixed with black?

I think if we make the soldermask light colored, like yellow or green (mix
yellow and blue not black) and the text a dark color it should work. I
always used black toner for legend with no problems reading it, so if we
can manage not to go much darker with the mask we will be fine. But i
still think it'll not be possible to print both in one go.

ST