Homebrew PCBs

hi everybody! i have a Canon bjc3000 inkjet printer
an I would like to hack it to make a direct pcb printer..
Is it possible as people do with epson printer?
What shold i see to choose the right model of printer to print
PCB?what are the most critical charactestic of it

Thanks
Richi

The printer must have a piezo type printhead, not a thermal type.

The piezo pushes out droplets of ink by mechanical methods, the thermal
boils a small portion of the ink and this forces the rest of the ink out.

You will be using pigment inks, solids in suspension, tto create the resist,
then curing them on the copper pcb.
Regular dye ink is a solution and willwill wash off in the etchant.

Myc

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:00 AM, tinix84 <tinix84@...> wrote:

>   hi everybody! i have a Canon bjc3000 inkjet printer
> an I would like to hack it to make a direct pcb printer..
> Is it possible as people do with epson printer?
> What shold i see to choose the right model of printer to print
> PCB?what are the most critical charactestic of it
>
> Thanks
> Richi
>
> 
>


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"Myc Holmes" wrote:
>
> The printer must have a piezo type printhead, not a thermal type.
> 

Has it been confirmed that this is true?

To date all success has been achieved with the Epson because of the
pigment inks.

Some Canon have a black pigment ink and use dye ink for the colors. I
have been thinking for a while that it may be possible to have  direct
to PCB printing from a Canon if it is a model that uses pigment ink in
the black tank. 

I'm assuming that the Pigment ink is launched by a thermal head. If so
then the initial statement needs qualifying. 

Has anyone done any experimenting with Canon pigment headed printers?

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:20:48 -0000, you wrote:

>Has anyone done any experimenting with Canon pigment headed printers?
>
>
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Take a look at thest folks. IIRC they offer pigmented ink for all
sorts of printers.

http://www.inkproducts.com/