Homebrew PCBs

That's a good idea -- stamp pad ink. If you haven't
been in a craft store lately, you will be astounded by
the stamping supplies. Not your old office stamp pads
either.

Worth a try...

Myc


--- Chris Horne <chris@...> wrote:

> Years ago I did once try printing pad ink in an
> epson stylus color,
> and it printed ok.. 
> (you can tell how long ago as the printer was new at
> the time!)
> 
> I guess the nozzles on those were larger so it may
> not directly relate
> to the newer printers.
> 
> The ink I was using was a permanent ink specifically
> formulated for
> printing with rubber printing pads onto paper, I
> only tried it on
> paper but the results were reasonable.
> 
> The pad ink is a slow drying ink so there may be
> some mileage in it
> 
> That particular project ended up on the shelf and
> was totally
> unrelated to pcbs..  but it might be worth
> experimenting, at least to
> see how the ink coats pcbs and resists water.
> 
> it is a pity the printers with the heads built into
> the cartridges are
> not suitable..  it takes a brave person to put ink
> into a printer that
> can be completely destroyed by a bad choice  :-(
> 
> Still watching on the sidelines !
> 
> Chris (-=Spiyda=-)
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan
> Trethan" 
> 
> <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>snip>>>>>>
> > 
>  i think we need to talk about the ink shopping
> again offlist. My  
> > understanding is one would need yellow and black.
> I'm not quite sure
> about  
> > amounts. Anyway let me know what you think about
> it.
> > 
> > ST
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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