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Re: Inkjet printing right on a circuit board....

2005-05-16 by Ben H. Lanmon

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, KD5NWA <KD5NWA@c...> wrote:
> Has anyone had any real success with Inkjets?> I find that most 
can't even 
> touch a Laserjet in terms of line quality.
> 
> Photos are very deceptive, your mind fills in details that don't 
exist, a 
> PCB is another story.


Yes Inkjets work very well for doing transparencies, you do have to 
use the correct type transparency for your machine.  

I use to use the Black ink with somewhat good results, but not long 
ago learned from someone on one of the lists don't remember if it 
was this one that Yellow ink blocks UV, he recommends use the photo 
inks using Yellow and Green together think it was.  Myself I use a 
HP CP 1700 printer, print the Transparency using the Yellow ink 
only, has always worked Great for me so far.  AS I recall from his 
test, was that Cannon printers where the best machines to use, using 
Photo Ink.

Ben

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