That is very interesting although it looks like a technology
announcement with no product mentioned. I suspect that it will be a
while before this becomes commercially viable (at fairly high cost)
and longer yet to get reasonable cost for the little guys.
It would also be cool to see at least resistors become printable and
then caps. I suspect semiconductors are a ways off...
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "thespeakerguy"
<thespeakerguy@y...> wrote:
>
> http://www.epson.co.jp/e/newsroom/news_2004_11_01.htm
>
> This prints conductors and insulating layers in subsequent passes.
>
> Time will tell if this is viable and also can trickle down into a
> hobbyists's realm. The specs are neat.
>
> 50 micron line width, 110 micron line pitch, at 25.4 microns per
> mil, that is 2 mil width on 4.4 mil pitch. Do that with your
Staples
> paper!