Homebrew PCBs

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:35:14 +0100, sam_jfs <Samuel_joao@...>  
wrote:

> Just curiosity...
> About flatbed printers, or XY printers, i saw some years ago one of my
> customers printing in PVC, it was some electrical components and he
> used that printer to label them. He used some special Rottring black
> pens to do it.
> It�s not so hard to modify a XY printer and they are quite cheap (
> used ), the problem is, finding the right ink to do this job ...


Most of them seem to use UV cure ink.
There was even a webpage about an italian company selling small flatbed  
inkjets specifically for PCB printing. I have not heard anything about  
them since. Another italian company called Durst makes printers for  
printing on ceramic tiles, they manufacture here in Austria.

Those flatbed printers also sometimes have white ink, which would be nice  
for the people insisting on white component legend, but i don't think  
those UV inks would work in epson heads (or any other consumer printer). I  
may be wrong though and you are welcome to try, if you can get the ink,  
which seems especially tricky.

ST