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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Canon inkjet PCB direct print is possible?

From: "Myc Holmes" <mycroft2152y@...>
Date: 2008-06-18

The printer must have a piezo type printhead, not a thermal type.

The piezo pushes out droplets of ink by mechanical methods, the thermal
boils a small portion of the ink and this forces the rest of the ink out.

You will be using pigment inks, solids in suspension, tto create the resist,
then curing them on the copper pcb.
Regular dye ink is a solution and willwill wash off in the etchant.

Myc

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:00 AM, tinix84 <tinix84@...> wrote:

> hi everybody! i have a Canon bjc3000 inkjet printer
> an I would like to hack it to make a direct pcb printer..
> Is it possible as people do with epson printer?
> What shold i see to choose the right model of printer to print
> PCB?what are the most critical charactestic of it
>
> Thanks
> Richi
>
>
>


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