Re: PCB photo etch using inkjet?

Abstract Dissonance wrote:

I just opened up a kit I have for photoetching and it says that inkjet will
not work ;/ I thought I read that you can use inkjets for making the
transparencies? I don't see the problem unless somehow the ink reacts with
the UV light or that the UV light can penetrate through the ink? Any ideas
about this?

Thanks,
Jon

If you're talking about the photographic process where a
sensitized board is exposed to light with the artwork on
a transparancy, then the inkjets typically don't get dark
enough for fine line work. Laser toner is much more opaque
than any of the inkjet inks I've seen so far.

JazzMan
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