The Epson printer was chosen just for this reason. Its printer head technology is the same "Pizo type" used in the commercial conductive ink jetables.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Henry Liu <henryjliu@...> wrote:
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> But can you eject the conductive ink with your $120 printer? Have you tried
> anything exotic besides inkjet inks? Will they even sell you the conductive
> ink in small samples?
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> Your project seems pretty doable using double sided technology. If you're
> hurting on space, get BGA components and use 0201 components.
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> I pay like $2/board for professional assembly with 200 components.
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> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Richard
> <richard.liberatoscioli@...>wrote:
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> > NOOOOOO! ... the mod printer is cheap! $ 120.00
> > Heres the mod I did:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Inkjet_PCB_Construction/photos/album/0/list
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> >
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com <Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Henry Liu <henryjliu@> wrote:
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> > > Those machines look expensive. Certainly a lot more expensive than
> > sending
> > > it out to a pcb house.
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> > > If you are able to buy some ink and eject it out of a cheap epson
> > printer,
> > > I'd be very interested!
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> > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Richard
> > > <richard.liberatoscioli@>wrote:
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> > > > Hi Henry!
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> > > > Look here for the conductive inks:
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> > > > http://www.novacentrix.com/
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