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Thanks for the input lads.
I've also seen these opaque inks on Ebay (cheap too) that supposedly will work with nearly all inkjet printers. I'm afraid I paid too much for my Epson TX810FW to use it as a guinea pig for one of these "universal" inks.
My printer isn't supported yet by that Gutenprint (dratt) so that's out for now.
A guy did some tests with various inkjet printers and reckons the Epson Stylus ones with original dye based ink came out best. He took microscopic photos of the print to illustrate the solidness of the print. He also said out of the various transparencies he tried, Epson also gave the best results.
Pity inkjet transparencies are expensive for quality ones. 3M have some and claim they deliver excellent crisp quality prints, but a pack costs $80+. The Epson transparencies are about the same price.
It's amazing how much can be involved in just getting a good positive film.
---In homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com, <rjshaw@...> wrote:On 02/11/13 08:53, beefyzee@... wrote:>I'm still using an Epson Stylus 400 (10+ years old) with cheap refill dye ink
>
> Well my head is spinning in my quest for finding the ultimate print method for
> getting a solid opaque print for the UV method of making PCBs.
>
> The more I read the more it seems inkjets annihilate laser printers in this
> regard. So far it seems Epson Stylus inkjets with Epson transparency and
> original DYE based ink produce good results, when printing in best photo quality
> mode.
>
> I would like to gain an in depth understanding of how all the different choices
> in my Epson printer software affect the print output (resolution, ink useage,
> print speed, etc). For example there's print quality choices, lots of paper
> choices, high speed mode, etc, but neither the printer manual, the help file, or
> Google / Youtube searching can give explanations of all this.
>
> I know some are using lasers, tracing paper, doubling or tripling the positives
> on top of each other, etc, but for reasons based on my research I'm wanting to
> get away from those "workarounds" and get a solid opaque print on
> transparencies. The screen printing industry seems to use primarilly inkjet
> printers, and there's even special ultra black opaque inks available for these guys.
>
> So my finishing question is does anyone know of any detail guides on all the
> settings in Epson inkjet printers.
because the genuine cartridges are discontinued.
After upgrading the PC (debian linux), i couldn't get all the unexposed resist
to develop off the pcb.
After testing the UV blocking of the ink with a UV light meter, i found the
black ink is only blocking two-thirds of the light.
The printer used to put out bucket loads of ink on to the gelatine transparency
such that it would pool for a second before soaking in.
Because i've got a detailed user manual, developer manual, and source code to
the printer driver (gutenprint), i'll figure out how to get more ink out.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Documentation.php