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You’re posting on an article about other things inkjet is used for and then you say the only thing you need a home inkjet printer for is for photos? ???? Phot

You’re posting on an article about other things inkjet is used for and then you say the only thing you need a home inkjet printer for is for photos? ???? Photos is the last thing I’d buy an inkjet printer for. I’d be using a home inkjet to make circuit boards, temporary shirts, screen printing masks, transparencies, stickers, etc.

itishappy 3y ago
> Photos is the last thing I’d buy an inkjet printer for. Huh. Printing photos is one of the main areas where inkjets still blow lasers out of the water.
bogantech 3y ago
> I’d be using a home inkjet to make circuit boards I've heard of using Laser printers for this but not InkJet
- 4gotunameagain 3y ago
  Laser printers are used for the toner transfer method, where you print your etching mask on a glossy paper and then transfer it to a PCB with heat (laminator, or clothes iron) Inkjet printers are used in a direct print to PCB (remember those inkjet printers that could print on CDs back in the day?)
getwiththeprog 3y ago
Oh, did you read the article :) "Agilent developed a way to print strands of DNA from the four nucleic acid bases—cytosine (C), guanine (G), adenine (A), and thymine (T)." "Inkjet systems are particularly suited for printing drugs in the form of thin films, such as transdermal patches to be applied to the skin and buccal films to be held in the cheek, where drugs can pass directly to the bloodstream without first going through the digestive system." These applications are from dedicated machines, not available at BestBuy. Though I would like to see a supplier selling conductive inks for circuit board prototyping, and just maybe a home system could be filled with DNA or medicines?? The article also gave an interesting overview of the micro-dosing technology using for example piezo-electrics.

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You’re posting on an article about other things inkjet is used for and then you say the only thing you need a home inkjet printer for is for photos? ???? Phot

by treflop 3y ago

itishappy 3y ago
> Photos is the last thing I’d buy an inkjet printer for. Huh. Printing photos is one of the main areas where inkjets still blow lasers out of the water.
bogantech 3y ago
> I’d be using a home inkjet to make circuit boards I've heard of using Laser printers for this but not InkJet
- 4gotunameagain 3y ago
  Laser printers are used for the toner transfer method, where you print your etching mask on a glossy paper and then transfer it to a PCB with heat (laminator, or clothes iron) Inkjet printers are used in a direct print to PCB (remember those inkjet printers that could print on CDs back in the day?)
getwiththeprog 3y ago
Oh, did you read the article :) "Agilent developed a way to print strands of DNA from the four nucleic acid bases—cytosine (C), guanine (G), adenine (A), and thymine (T)." "Inkjet systems are particularly suited for printing drugs in the form of thin films, such as transdermal patches to be applied to the skin and buccal films to be held in the cheek, where drugs can pass directly to the bloodstream without first going through the digestive system." These applications are from dedicated machines, not available at BestBuy. Though I would like to see a supplier selling conductive inks for circuit board prototyping, and just maybe a home system could be filled with DNA or medicines?? The article also gave an interesting overview of the micro-dosing technology using for example piezo-electrics.