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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Using an Epson R300 to make PCBs

2006-04-11 by Alan King

derekhawkins wrote:

>>I know for a fact that the R340/320/300M/300/220/200 ink (all the
>>same) will not work on copper or brass.
>>    
>>
>
>I have a R320 and the ink works fine with Epson's transparencies. That 
>ink doesn't clog the nozzles easily either, I'm yet to clean the heads 
>yet and usage is like twice a month. There's an Ink and Paper 
>  
>

   Epson is notorious for wasting 30% of the ink for cleaning the 
heads.  This printer cleans the heads on its own about every time it's 
used, even only hours apart  The reason it's almost never necessary to 
do a manual cleaning is because it does so many automatic ones.  
Printers are super cheap for the manufacturing costs, carts only have 
13.5 grams of ink and cost a fortune.  It's also why the driver resets 
to Epson Vivid every chance it gets, they make their money off the inks..

Alan

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