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Subject: Re: INkejet printing right on a circuit board....

From: "mycroft2152" <mycroft2152@...>
Date: 2005-05-09

> >--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
> ><stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> >
> But because it dries by evaporation it will clog up the jet nozzles,
I
> think that is what the problem is, UV ink does not get hard until
exposed


So you're saying no solvent based system will work in an inkjet
printer?

So I guess, that normal inkjet ink will not work.

Its a matter of the solvent evaporation rate. I really think there
ARE "solvents" in the UV Ink. Unless it is 100% solids and
thermoplastic, but thats another set of problems.

Myc