hi,
is this epson printer you use modified like the
instructions say for the C84 model? thanks
Ken
--- wnnelson0 <
wnnelson@...> wrote:
> I have completed a test board which I took pictures
> of and posted in
> the photos section under C88 Test PCB. I think the
> biggest step to
> getting a good ink transfer was preheating the PCB
> before printing. I
> used a small heat gun my wife uses for stamping. I
> warmed it up to
> about 75C. With the heating I did not get any
> pooling of the ink
> which I had before. I believe Stephan was saying he
> had pooling too.
> I think this must allow some of the ink to dry
> before more is put on
> top. What time of the year was Volkan printing
> maybe the boards were
> warmer to start with (summer)? Printing in black but
> with all carts
> magenta (EPSON TO603)works great. I get a very good
> layer of ink.
> After etching the ink still looks the same. It will
> not come off with
> a casual wipe with acetone but will mostly come off
> with continued
> scrubing with acetone. The curing is almost the same
> as Stephans. I
> am giving it a little more heat 240C to 245C and a
> little more time 5
> minutes than I did in the photos. I have given it
> up to 20 minutes
> of time and it still worked fine but the epoxy was
> getting very
> brown. All the traces were very good with no breaks
> down to what
> Eagle says is .001 in. on the PCB. I'm not sure if
> the Epson is
> really printing that small as it is hard to measure.
> The photos are
> not as good as I would have liked but the light
> meter was not working
> in the camera and it was hard to get good light on
> the board when the
> macro lens was so close. I beleive that this is a
> very good start for
> me and I will have pictures of completed boards in
> the future. I will
> also post some pictures of the printer but it is
> very much like
> Stephans. The C88 appears to be the same as as a C84
>
>
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