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Subject: Re: Inkjet PCB ink

From: "drmail377" <drmail377@...>
Date: 2009-07-19

How would you go about trying these inks? Inject them into a consumer inkjet cartridge? These are designed for use with industrial/commercial print heads like those from www.xaar.com, which plug into very expensive printers. Even if you could get them to work with a consumer printer, I would think it would be a stretch to find a printer capable of handling the thickness of a PCB.

Maybe use a commercial inkjet head and affix it to an inexpensive CNC router?

Hmmm...

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, bobd@... wrote:
>
> Anybody tried this ink?
>
> http://www.hexionchem.com/Products/Main.aspx?id=3630
>
> looks like 'Hexijet' and 'Hexilok' might be worth a try.
> They are UV curable resin based inks.
>
> note that they have White!
>
> I tried to email them, via the website, but it was rejected as
> undeliverable. Maybe someone local could call them (I'm in Australia)
>
> I rang Hexion Australia but they don't handle any of the inks here.
> They told me that the Hexium inks division is being sold off to
> Collins Inks (Ohio). I'm waiting on a reply from an email.
>
> Also, I found some inkjet inks that are made especially made for PCBs
>
> http://www.printar.com/page.asp?cat=151&lang=1&type=4
>
> Bob
>