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Subject: Re: Ink & hardware for Direct Inkjet printing

From: Len Warner <yahoo@...>
Date: 2006-12-16

At 4:35 pm ((PST)) Fri Dec 15, 2006, gsi11135 wrote:
>Does anyone have a more scientifically based reason why certain inks,
>such as the recommended MIS PRO inks, work best?

Since we are urged to be scientific here,
_more_ scientific than _what_, exactly?

I hope you haven't been taking the threads
about goat sacrifices too literally ;-)

Have you Googled for data on inkjet ink and
paper technology? (There is some.)

Hint: the inks that work well are pigment inks
- what is the difference between a pigment ink
and a dye ink apart from the colouring matter?

> Also, what is the
>best methodology to remove the inks from the PCB surface?

Depending somewhat on your criteria for "best",
mild abrasion in water - perhaps a similar technique
to the one used to prepare the board for printing but
without the need for obsessive attention to degreasing.


Regards, LenW