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Re: Alternate solvent inks

2006-05-07 by Steve

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, William Carr <Jkirk3279@...> wrote:
>
> There might be one positive element to using non-Epson printers.   If  
> you print with a machine that has the print head built into the ink  
> tank, you could diminish the potential problems of using solvent ink.
> 
> Try it in an Epson and you would indeed need to worry about permanent  
> damage to the printer.

Absolutely.

Although a new print head for a Canon costs as much as a new print
head for an Epson, you just drop in a Canon head where an Epson
requires a DOS bootable computer, a bit of software that Epson doesn't
hand out to realign the heads, and quite a bit of time.

Steve Greenfield

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