On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:41:53 -0800 (PST), pebo festus <
mebo31@...>
wrote:
> thanks st,
> imho you compleatly right on you post. i will look at
> the steadtler ink, buuuut if it solvent based i am
> just leary of tring it, if it is solvent based and it
> sets up or dries out in the head i would never get it
> out. by the way i havent ordered print heads--- just
> carts. i think my heads are open. this is just going
> to be trial and error--mostly error. i keep thinking
> someone can think of some fluid that will work.it is
> going to be diffecult and consume lots of time to try
> every thing. if we could get some one in that is
> already in the business of flat bed printing to help
> us it would save gobs of trial and error experminting.
> as far as coloring the etch resist it doesnt have to
> be in the mix, its just let you see what your printer
> is doing. and yes it may make a difference on how the
> resist works.
Honestly i do not see any reason why the solvent based is worse.
if the acrylic dries up you are in exactly the same sort of trouble.
However i aree the solvent based ink might be a bit faster to dry up.
(But remember staedtler says it is "Dry proof". no idea what happens if you
go and sue them because it DID dry in your inkjet ;-) )
i really hope your print heads are open, but some evil voice says me they
are
probably not. you may start to soak them already until the carts arrive to
keep them nice and wet... then maybe make a few prints with ammonia or
water, or
whatever is your cleaning fluid...
ST