Hi Chris,
I've been working on a R220 on and off for a while now. The most
annoying thing is the positioning of the CD tray. It is finicky. One
note: if you create two addtional "thumbholds" in the tray you can
print on a 4.25" square board. This is about the minimumb hack needed.
You may have a problem getting the cartiridge re-filled with another
kind of ink. I tried Island Inkjet and they refused to do it. They do
not completely flush out the cartridge before refilling and were
concerned about incompatibilities betweeen inks and cpntaminting
thier ink supply.
I was just given a C88, which uses the pigment inks. I haven't tried
it yet but it looks like the cartridges will fit. I'm not sure about
the "chips" though.
As for a heater, consider a long aquarium heater. I'm not sure how it
wil "survive" outside of water but they are pretty cheap.
Myc
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>
> I am about to dive back into the ink jet printing concept for etch
> resist application. It seems as though the Magenta and Yellow inks
> are working the best for MisPro and for Epson inks. I have an
Epson
> R220 that is going to be my test machine.
>
> Not wanting to invest in yet more ink and more refillable
cartridges
> and all that stuff, I am thinking I will run over to cartridgeworld
> and have them fill up a black cartridge with either a mix of
magenta
> and yellow, or one or the other if they complain. The reason for
> doing it this way, I can bypass the problem with the printer
> complaining about the wrong "Color" in the wrong slot and get past
all
> the stuff with the goofy chips on the cartridges. My PCB layout
> software doesn't allow me to select which color to print with and I
> have not had any luck going to a PDF first, then changing the
colors
> there.
>
> Does this all seem to make sense and seem like a reasonable
direction
> to go?
>
> I have taken the printer partially apart a while back and put it
back
> to gether again. I hope to get a bit further this weekend if time
> allows. There is a straight through path on this printer with the
> exception of "Something" on the right rear area that I have yet to
> find out what it is. Hopefully that thing can be moved and the
> plastic just cut away to allow for clearance to feed a full, 8 1/2"
> wide sheet of PCB material through in that area.
>
> It also seems as though adding a heater is a good idea to allow for
> faster and better drying of the inks, so that too will be
considered
> along the way. Any suggestions for a heater that could heat the
> entire width of the PCB board and allow for temperature control?
>
> Chris
>