Homebrew PCBs

>There is a straight feed-through on
>his printer for up to 1/16" inch media.

Sounds like a 2200 or 2400. But 1.3 mm isn't quite 1/16".

>The question is, will this pigment-based inkjet ink stand up to
>etchant if the image is printed directly on the copper?

The 2200 uses Ultrachrome pigment based ink. Epson doesn't even 
recommend it for use with their own transparencies. I've used it 
with transparencies and it doesn't take much to rub the ink off when 
dried. Doubt whether any Epson ink will wet and adhere to copper, 
it'll probably just bead up.

But even if you get it to work, you're talking single sided boards 
done easy. What about double sided boards? Furthermore, you waste 
ink when you have to do the same board more than once. Go the photo 
etching route with an inkjet printer. Both sides of double sided 
boards are perfectly aligned and you reuse the same aligned 
transparencies over and over.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "kilocycles" <kilocycles@...> 
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