Homebrew PCBs

got he epson stylus color II going, got the mixture of 15 ml 
MOP&GLO,9 ml red food coloring, 9 ml water through the black print 
head. had to clean the black print head several times,there is no way 
of knowing how long the printer had sat drying out. was about to give 
up when the new ink came through. it came out light colored print but 
very clear and sharp letters, may need to be light when printing on a 
pcb because the copper doesnt absorb the ink. had to set the 
brightness as dark as could and the contrast as high as could. of 
course this may change when printing on a pcb.
I am sure all the printer setting plus diferent mixture of liquids 
will have to be adjusted as i work it out.
NOW----I dont know how long the print head will set being not used 
before it drys out in the print head with this blend of liquids.the 
piezo print head is working so far.
wish me luck
mebo 






--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan 
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 03:15:20 -0000, pebo festus <mebo31@y...> wrote:
> 
> > well the computer didnt see the old epson color stylus 880, 
something
> > broken on the printer , soooooo, its back to the drawing board, i
> > have an old epson color stylus II that i have just about ready. 
not
> > only does one have to fight the printers but the ink medium also. 
i
> > AINT giving up!!!!.
> > mebo
> >
> 
> 
> You ought to test that damn printer before working with it, didn't 
you 
> realize that?
> good luck with the other one..
> 
> 
> and also try to just send a file out on LPT in MS-DOS, maybe the 
printer 
> isn't dead
> but windows is only lazy again...
> 
> ST