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Subject: Re: direct inkjet PCBs

From: "jam5411" <mardock@...>
Date: 2007-01-25

A couple of suggestions:

With MIS ink.

Temperature is important - I have not had much success below 230 C
- or above 240 C.

Ammonia will help remove the cured ink residue after etch.

I use the same oven at a lower temperature and Plumbers Paste as the
tinning medium. There is no need to remove the cured residue the
Plumbers Paste paste takes care of it. The boards come out nicely
tinned. -This is the non water soluble variety of paste.

The key to fine traces MAY be to reduce the "liquid" content of the
ink increasing the "solids" content while still getting the printer
head to pass the ink. This is what I am working on now.

Good Luck!

John






--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "wnnelson0" <wnnelson@...> wrote:
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> Yes all I was using were the regular Epson Durabrite inks. I have extra
> cartriges for various reasons so I can print lots of tests with these
> inks before I try something else. Im still concerned that Stefans MSI
> ink is so tough that acetone will not remove it. That is not or is a
> problem with the Epson ink. I have tried higher temps and longer times
> on the curing but it came out the same. I will post photos but the
> mods to the printer are similar to Stefans.
>
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas" <teecee@> wrote:
> >
> > What Ink are you using is it DuraBrite ?
> > I cant get MIS-Pro here in Indonesia or Singapore .
> >
>