Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-06-01 by Steve
... No! To do so would cause the ink to start drying in the ink spike. http://www.polyphoto.com/tutorials/PrintHeadCleaning/ Steve Greenfield
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Re: Newb Catch-Up
2006-06-01 by Steve
No. That ink only works in Epson piezo print heads. All other desktop printers are bubble jet. Steve Greenfield
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Unblocking epsons
2006-06-01 by Russell Shaw
... With small holes, there is extremely high surface tension, so a large vacuum can still be exerted even if 90% of the holes are clear. It is more likely
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Unblocking epsons
2006-06-01 by William Carr
... Just to be clear: should the cartridges be taken out first?
Poll results for Homebrew_PCBs
2006-06-01 by Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
The following Homebrew_PCBs poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Which method do you use for artwork transfer? CHOICES AND RESULTS -
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Unblocking epsons
2006-06-01 by Russell Shaw
... With small holes, there is extremely high surface tension, so a large vacuum can still be exerted even if 90% of the holes are clear. It is more likely
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-06-01 by Russell Shaw
... I meant methylated spirits. ... I used an old cartridge i refilled with cleaner. Some of the other nozzles that gave slightly fuzzy lines got sharper too.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Drop on Demand vs. The Other Kind
2006-06-01 by Bryan Pope
... Methyl ethyl ketone - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanone ... It doesn t sound that fun... Cheers, Bryan
[Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Drop on Demand vs. The Other Kind
2006-06-01 by Robert Hedan
... Ok, as resident newb (
Re: Drop on Demand vs. The Other Kind
2006-05-31 by Andrew
... Thanks for that - I never knew how they got the drops to actually come out. I had only ever had it explained as pumped . ... Plus now we have another
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Drop on Demand vs. The Other Kind
2006-05-31 by Codesuidae
... Oooo, atomized MEK! Sign me up! ... Seriously though, thats pretty cool technology, thanks for the description. Dave K
Drop on Demand vs. The Other Kind
2006-05-31 by Brian Schmalz
I worked on a project for a company that makes CIJ (Continuous Ink Jet) print heads like you are talking about here. I m not sure I d call it archaic, in that
Whats metho - was - Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Andrew
... Ethanol they have ruined. In OZ and in some other parts it is called methylated spirits. Other places call it Denatured alcohol. They take perfectly good
Drop on Demand - was - Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Andrew
... Drop On Demand is the type of modern injket printer that can fire drops of ink at any time it likes. They mainly use thermal inkjet (Canon, HP ect) which
Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by derekhawkins
... He probably meant methylated spirits which would be the British equivalent of denatured alcohol usually with a touch of methaline blue giving it a blue
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-31 by Stefan Trethan
On Wed, 31 May 2006 21:49:07 +0200, dsv1486 ... Bad idea, only the epsons are considered a good choice because they use a piezo
Re: Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-31 by dsv1486
Thanks for the info, the people at inksupply.com are great they let me change my order to a 4oz bottle of yellow ink. I also purchased a lexmark z22 and 3200
Re: Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-31 by dsv1486
Thanks for the info, the people at inksupply.com are great they let me change my order to a 4oz bottle of yellow ink. I also purchased a lexmark z22 and 3200
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Stefan Trethan
... I don t know what that means really, but i ve heard it mentioned with printers and it seemed fitting. ST
Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Steve
... Oh. I guess all desktop inkjets now are Drop On Demand. Maybe not all wide format printers are DOD. Steve Greenfield
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Stefan Trethan
... drop on demand? ST
Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Steve
... might throw ... machines ... What is DOD style ? ... nozzles ... just press ... worked. It ... I found that isopropyl did not dissolve all the ink. See
Re: Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Steve
... months. ... black line ... old black ... blocked. ... detergent, ... What are metholated spirits ? http://www.polyphoto.com/tutorials/PrintHeadCleaning/
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Andrew Thornber
Hi, I have been lurking on this site for a while now, and thought I might throw in a few of my experiences. I used to be a printer/proofer engineer and worked
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Stefan Trethan
On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:07:55 +0200, Russell Shaw ... Experience (of others, not me) has shown that a high number of head cleaning
Unblocking epsons
2006-05-31 by Russell Shaw
Hi, I needed to make a pcb. I hadn t used the Stylus 460 for atleast 6 months. After a couple of nozzle cleans, the epson test print showed one black line
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Newb Catch-Up - What's a Newb? - Quality Subject lines
2006-05-31 by Jim Larsen - AL7FS
Newb Catch-Up - What s a Newb? I was initially confused (tongue-in-cheek) by the new Homebrew term Newb . Then I realized the term had nothing to do with
Summation, Please-Was-Re: Inkjet printing - it works!
2006-05-30 by kilocycles
Stephan Summing up, which printer and which ink did you use in your tests? I went back and read the threads from the various posts on the subject, and followed
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Tue, 30 May 2006 23:10:21 +0200, Volkan Sahin ... Yellow seems much more like a laquer, while black seems more like pigments without
Epson resurrection?
2006-05-30 by codeSuidae
Greetings, I ve got an Epson CX4600 (I think, something like that anyway, I ll check to be sure next time I see it) that died a while back. Fed up with Epson
[Homebrew_PCBs] RE : Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-30 by Robert Hedan
... Don t get confused with Stefan s Austrian accent. That s his way of saying toner. Robert
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-30 by Volkan Sahin
Yellow is the best magenta is also ok but forget cyan. If your black ink is color black (mixture of yellow, magenta, cyan) it can also be etch resistant but
Re: Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-30 by dsv1486
do the other colored inks work as I have ordered the 4 bottle set of the mispro inks 2oz size. ... this ... right ... number ... and ... wouldn t see ...
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-30 by Stefan Trethan
... The established and most used methods currently are tiner transfer and photo process. Inkjet printing is something we are still working on, but i wouldn t
Newb Catch-Up
2006-05-30 by drachels1@nc.rr.com
I found this group last night while looking for ways to use a pen plotter to apply etch resist to PCBs. It appears from my limited perspective that you guys
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Viewing files and photos
2006-05-30 by 2alan.metcalf@tiscali.co.uk
Hi Steve I ve just logged on to Homebrew_achives. I just thought it was all the same group. Thanks Alan G8ETUI
Viewing files and photos
2006-05-30 by Steve
... No problems reading them where? In your email, or on the group page? You must be logged in to view photos and files. You may also be attempting to look at
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resi
2006-05-30 by Codesuidae
... The images are hosted in the other archives group, you ll just have to join it to get access. Dave K
Re: First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resi
2006-05-30 by dumplindevon2000
... believe but it also acts as a solder resist. I have downloaded the result under ... Hi Guys I have no problem reading Homebrew_PCB s emails daily but when
Re: Epson C84 PCB chariot
2006-05-30 by lcdpublishing
Robert, I think I see an advantage to what you are describing though. You are planning on making circuit boards in quanities greater than one or two, not just
[Homebrew_PCBs] Epson C84 PCB chariot
2006-05-30 by Robert Hedan
... Cause I have the recall capacity of a sparrow. Robert
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE :First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist
2006-05-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Tue, 30 May 2006 04:59:15 +0200, Volkan Sahin ... lol, indeed it is a very ugly green! I have tried using yellow only for the second
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist
2006-05-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Tue, 30 May 2006 01:56:01 +0200, Volkan Sahin ... I actually almost expected that to work as well. The ink is reasonably tough once
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Epson C84 PCB chariot
2006-05-30 by Stefan Trethan
Overly complicated. We worked out how to solve this problem ages ago, with no different PCB holders to make and no holes to drill. You simply stop at that
[Homebrew_PCBs] RE :First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist
2006-05-30 by Robert Hedan
... I ve been tining the boards and using mass fill of all open areas. I ve been tinning to protect the copper from oxidation. If we add a solder resist
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE :First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist
2006-05-30 by Volkan Sahin
Hi Dave, Thanks. All I have is something like yellow-green FR4. I think we can find another type of white ink for silk screening Volkan ... SPONSORED LINKS
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE :First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist
2006-05-30 by Dave Hylands
Hi Volkan, ... I thought about this some more. If your underlying fiberglass is white or whiteish, you could get white text by not printing any ink. This
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE :First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist
2006-05-30 by Dave Hylands
Hi Robert, ... On the monitor you can do this (additive color). Printing is subtractive color. So you start with white and every color you add makes it closer
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE :First CNC drilled Epson Ink Jet printed double layer PCB results+solder resist
2006-05-30 by Volkan Sahin
It is not RGB color it is MCYK (Magenta, cyan, yellow, black) you can never get close to white with mixture. We may get blue or green. The problem is in
Epson C84 PCB chariot
2006-05-30 by Robert Hedan
I ve been doing a lot of thinking on how I m going to consistently pass a PCB through the printer. It quickly became obvious after reading Volkan s align