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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Of Ink Jets and Such

From: pebo festus <mebo31@...>
Date: 2004-02-04

yes i read it, thanks for the link steve.
mebo




--- Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:
> > > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com,
> milwiron@t... wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone tried a Epson sublimation printer?
> The ink is supposed
> > to be
> > > > "waterproof".
>
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Steve"
> <alienrelics@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > You mean inkjet sublimation ink. It won't work,
> it is a dye that
> > > requires a polymer to transfer into.
> > >
> > > http://www.dyesub.org
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "pebo festus"
> <mebo31@y...> wrote:
>
> > well--am wondering if one could coat the blank pcb
> with some kind of
> > polymer coating? then print with sublimation ink.
> i see that it
> > heats during the process. donno?
> > mebo
>
> And you end up with a plastic coated board that
> won't etch, but has a
> pretty picture on it. ;')
>
> Dye sublimation prints on a Tshirt or mug are
> waterproof because the
> plastic polymer on the mug and the polyester of the
> Tshirt are
> waterproof. Dye sublimation "soaks" the color -into-
> the
> polymer/polyester, that's why it only works on those
> items and not on
> bare metal or cotton.
>
> It is -not- a coating.
>
> Did you take a look at the link I gave?
>
> Steve
>
>


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