On 02/11/13 10:53, beefyzee@... wrote: > The more I read the more it seems inkjets annihilate laser printers in > this regard. So far it seems Epson Stylus inkjets with Epson > transparency and original DYE based ink produce good results, when > printing in best photo quality mode. I've seen one of the vendors I buy from in China sometimes (specialises in DIY PCB stuff) selling a dye based ink for inkjets specifically for this purpose If you open in Google chrome and let it do it's translation thing you should get the idea... http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.0.CrPgQp&id=13469658088 They don't say anything about printer compatibility but appear to use an Epson ME33 themselves - of course, I'd only try this with an old junker printer I'd bought second hand for a few dollars at most, if it doesn't work or screws up the printhead, salvage the useful parts, then buy another. This is a sample printed with this inkjet ink (well, from what I can undersatnd)... http://img01.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i1/30632341/T2L05eXh4aXXXXXXXX_!!30632341.jpg <http://img01.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i1/30632341/T2L05eXh4aXXXXXXXX_%21%2130632341.jpg> Compared to this with a laser... http://img02.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i2/30632341/T2JPBsXhXNXXXXXXXX_!!30632341.jpg <http://img02.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i2/30632341/T2JPBsXhXNXXXXXXXX_%21%2130632341.jpg> So it certainly looks very opaque. You may be able to find the same stuff on ebay or aliexpress which might be cheaper for a single unit, or you can get it through a Taobao agent... http://www.bhiner.com/index.php?mode=Search&skey=http%3A%2F%2Fitem.taobao.com%2Fitem.htm%3Fspm%3D2013.1.0.0.CrPgQp%26id%3D13469658088&search_eng.x=-1056&search_eng.y=-10&search_eng=search Rough guess from an agent you're looking $10 to $15 USD if you only bought that (6.76 USD + China Shipping + International Shipping + Bhiner's Fee)
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Guide for inkjet print settings for opaque positives
2013-11-01 by James