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UV curable ink

2007-01-24 by wnnelson0

Does anybody have idea if a UV curable ink would work in the inkjets? 
From what I've read these can be very chemically resistant. The UV 
source and curing times appear to be a little critical though. They 
make formulas just for metal so it seems to be a possibility. I know 
nothing about inks so this may seem like a dumb ?. I was also thinking 
there could be other products that might go through the printer without 
plugging it up. A very thinned out plastic?, or ?. Also for the 
chemists could the board be coated with something (part A) and then 
printed with something else (part B) to make a hard resist? I'm trying 
to think of something that may make a little thicker layer on the board 
than ink does.

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] UV curable ink

2007-01-24 by Leon

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> Does anybody have idea if a UV curable ink would work in the inkjets?
> From what I've read these can be very chemically resistant. The UV
> source and curing times appear to be a little critical though. They
> make formulas just for metal so it seems to be a possibility. I know
> nothing about inks so this may seem like a dumb ?. I was also thinking
> there could be other products that might go through the printer without
> plugging it up. A very thinned out plastic?, or ?. Also for the
> chemists could the board be coated with something (part A) and then
> printed with something else (part B) to make a hard resist? I'm trying
> to think of something that may make a little thicker layer on the board
> than ink does.

You need a special piezo head, they are very expensive. In theory, this 
should work and a company in Italy is/was marketing such a system. I haven't 
heard of anyone actually using it, though.

Leon
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