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Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Durabright (Ultra) type inks

From: "Thomas" <teecee@...>
Date: 2007-02-13

>Seems there is no reason a Canon, Lexmark or HP cannot use pigmented inks. It's
>just a matter of getting the right one...
>Canon uses the black pigmented anyway. How could the printer tell if it's
>another color?
>The trick may be the other ingredients (like carrier, fixer, etc) when 'cured'.
>Perhaps it is the actual yellow or magenta 'powder' in the ink that fuses and
>sticks to the copper. Black is carbon that doesn't fuse or stick by itself to
>the copper when heated, and the rest of ingredients are soluble. That would
>explain why Durabright black has been useless till now.

>interesting to follow up...

interesting article ..... so I sent Bob an email asking if he had anything to add to the cause.
Thomas

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