Not if you use ,micro-droplets. Then the surface tension in the drops are higher than the energy they get when hitting the board. In other words they won't splat. My problem is paper-path. (That is: PCB path!) Kyrre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter L. Peres" To: Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Roman Black wrote: > > *>Kyrre Aalerud wrote: > *> > *>> I've already pumped some different solutions in mine. > *>> One was a UV-fuorecent oil. (That actually worked out really well btw.) > *> > *> > *>Excellent! So if an oil pumps ok in a bubblejet > *>head we can assume most liquids will. I had already > *>guessed alchohol would with a boiling point less > *>than water, but oil is good news! > *> > *>Peter's point about crub being baked inside the > *>head is valid though, this could be the biggest > *>problem with bubblejet. > > Actually the biggest problem with bubblejet is splatter. Print a sheer > black line on a sheet of paper (make sure it is not aliased - it should > have a jagged appearance if not vertical or horizontal) and take a 5x or > more loupe and look at it. Repeat with pcb film and laser printed > transparency. > > Peter > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body