... Ok, good to know. ... I think I do need to build it so that my build of Gutenprint is able to detect it when it compiles... we'll have to see. My spare...
Hi All, I've just finished some more ink testing. Two more inks were tested for wash off MISPRO High Temp green ink (a mix of HT cyan and HT yellow) FastInk3...
I've spent the last several weeks trying to understand these printers a bit better before continuing my heater experiments. I removed most of the platen to...
Hi Mark, These printers can lead you on a merry chase cant they? Perhaps you might consider modifying a T50/Artisan 50 instead? I took the top cover off my T50...
Correction - it is not analog. The "problem" seems to be in using a (relatively) non reflecting carrier, especially with the print head raised way up. One...
Hi Bob, I just bought a usedR280 ($40 USD on ebay), which I believe is very similar (can use the same service manual) as the T50. As best I know, there are no...
Hi Mark, There must be a sensor on the head somewhere because if I don't block off one of the CD tray holes it ejects the tray and gives a paper feed fault...
Bob, There is a cd tray sensor on the platen with a little plastic tab that fits into a hole in the cd carrier, and a second sensor that tells whether the cd...
The more I look at this stuff the more confusing it gets. My current setup prints perfectly with the Printfab driver, but when I switched to the Windows...
Hi Mark, It's a bit more hopeful than it sounds. The CD detection, measurement and calibration seem to be just an initial phase of testing. Once its been...
Hi Mark, This sounds like some kind of confusion. As far as I can tell there is no data sent from the printer back to the driver so nothing can have changed...
Bob, I was thinking that the driver was telling the printer to "advance to position x, then look for a white area" then start printing, while the other driver...
I used peroxide/HCl in a not very gentle mixture, but it slid off the pcb in a gelatinous sheet, so I don't think any other etchant will work. Would you like...
Do you have the source for one of these drivers? If so, please send me a copy. All of my programming is in assembly language for various processors, but I'd...
Hmmm. The Printfab driver seems to look for a change - light to dark or dark to light to "see the paper". I can use a metal carrier with a black line to...
I am about to start murdering an old epson printer (If i win the auction :D). I have been wondering about what sort of ink to use (I will probably fit a CISS...
Hi Mark, I have studied the print files and even tried to document the commands from many printer driver and printer combinations. I have not seen any command...
Hi mark, Very kind of you to offer but I am already organising some Ngen locally. Thanks for looking at the prinhead too. It's really disgusting but people are...
Mi Mark, The only source I have is for Gutenprint driver. It is written in C. Only the elite normally get to see the source of drivers. I personally found the...
Hi Mark, Yes, it is a bit more involved to use Gutenprint. There are two versions available for Windows and they both plug-in to applications. One suits Gimp...
With all the discussions on inks I do not see UV curable inks mentioned. I have seen some large flatbed inkjets printing on big metal plates with UV curing...
Hi Thomas, No matter what you have heard inkjet PCB is far from being a straight forward successful process. Most of us are still experimenting but you're...
Hi Bertho, Where have you been? I'm happy to test a UV ink but I don't know where to get one from. I think it would have to be a water based one. Can you point...
UV curing isnt that easy. There is ony one water based uv-ink, which will not work for pcbs. For the other inks, the wavelength of the UV source have exactly...
Hi Ingo, I have been in touch with Peter here in Australia about Ngen. He is putting together a price for all the stuff I need. (50ml Ink, pretreatment and...
Here is a picture of the printer. The wall chart was printed by it. I will try to find some info about it. Bertho =============================== From Bob...
Yeah, I got the impression it wouldn't be straight forward (I've been reading around on the subject for a few years now, and finally decided to get a printer...
My fear is that the solvent based inks would be a bad thing for the print head. I might be wrong but couldn't it possibly 'melt' the head? Also, you picture...
