Printing dye inks on textiles is a totally different and mature system than
printing pigment inks on copper.
I agree that if there is a market, a product will be made. They even make an
inkjet sytem to print photos on birthday cakes!
I'm not sure there are any cost benefits for an inkjet pcb system over the
current commercial methods trhat would drive the development cycle.
Myc
On 7/21/06, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
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> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:00:23 +0200, Dean Batute <phix_it@...> wrote:
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> > Turning a $50.00
> > Epson printer into a PCB making machine is an exciting concept.
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> Turning a $1 "i'm glad you came and take it off my hands" printer into a
> PCB making machine is even better ;-).
> I bet 90% of "dead" C84 out there are easy to fix. The vacuum pump hose is
> clogged on all of them.
> Actually one should make a business of turning dead C84's into working
> ones....
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> OK a decent set of carts and chips is about $20 with shipping and the ink
> is quite pricy too...
> So you are probably right with $50...
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