Homebrew PCBs

On 18/12/06, mikezcnc <eemikez@...> wrote:
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> Hi Stephan,
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>  I have no intention of dicussing that subject either but I will
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>  1. Direct printing on copper is a COOL method but the ink tends to
>  dry out in the printer head and when it dries out even teh cleaning
>  cartridges from mispro do not work.

Soak them.

>  My suggestion is: stay away from
>  mispro inks- their color is not what epson envisioned for quality-
>  they are 'dirty' colors! Even if you get to the point of printing,
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I dont car if they are crap at photo prints provided they do good pcb
for people.

> two days later it won't print and you brand new printer will behave
>  like it was from ebay. The reason? Dies out in a print head.
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Should not dry out if the head is parked properly and the parking
rubber is intact.



>  2. Do not buy Epson printers from ebay and do not buy Epson printers
>  refurbished- not worth it. And do not buy C84!!! Nor C86!!!
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No, buy a photocolour 900, take pcb upto a4 size and upto about 4mm
thick! beat that!


>  3. Mispro ink is good for printing on PCBs  but if you think you
>  will use it as ink in your second printer- you will not: you have to
>  swap, according to Stefan, yellow cartridge with black. That makes
>  yellow cartridge black and by difusion... you get the picture.?
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No, but I think it means put yellow ink in so it goes into the black nozzles


>  4. Good luck and PLEASE QUIT BUYING THOSE  inferior Epson C84
>  printers. At least in US you can buy a brand new C88+ that does the
>  same job.

yard sales / carboot sales, pick them up for nothing, so why not use them?

>  Cost and economy: it is a nonsense to even consider the economy of
>  mispro inks application $$$$$$. You want to know something better?
>  Mispro resetter does NOT work on original Epson cartridges. Does

So what ink do we get then?


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Lez