Direct ink to PCB

[@sermsaklimpadapun6054]

This should be in every DIY maker's houses.

[@juancarlosmartinezdiaz5158]

this is the most beautiful thing I've seen in the year!

[@90FF1]

From this idea, many more may be born. Like, how to modify old ink jet printer. Thank you for your presentation.

[@REG3305]

Totally awesome.. My toner transfer process has achieved some good results but yours are lightyears better! Good job. Very impressive

[@timhogue2808]

I've been making CNC milled PCBs for years, and no matter how you did it, the fine pitched milled traces were always a problem because even high quality blank FR-4 stock will have places where the copper plated thickness varies. I have a couple of suggestions for you to improve the finished product. It does not appear that you are doing enough surface preparation prior to printing. The bare PCB stock needs to be thoroughly de-greased and not touched by fingers or any other contaminants until printing. I would never use such coarse steel wool before you start and at the end, because you are introducing micro-channels for your etch-ant to get through and scruff up the trace edges. Extra fine emery cloth of 250-400 grit is much better if you really feel you need to do that, but the surface should be fine as-is unless you do a plated through hole process first. After you clean the ink off, you can see left over spottiness that could be prevented by de-greasing. Once again, fine emery cloth is recommended if you want to shine things up, but I think another de-greasing step would be better. T

[@BemBem-G]

Tim Hogue yes. I agree

[@jeffreymckeown]

Maybe it will be better if you use thinner liquid to prevent distroying the copper traces. Pls correct me if I am wrong

[@valveman12]

You certainly got great results. The cost of the printer is prohibitive for most hobbyists. I see there are many CNC pen plotters out now that can draw on PCBs. The resolution may not be as high as the machine in the video but should be able to create PCB artwork for etching.

[@valveman12]

@@adaster98 And of course, you've done this?

[@valveman12]

@@adaster98 Thanks, Mark...

[@lineuve]

Open the project, make it open source so everyone can have the possibility to make their pcb boards

[@MrPureBasic]

Everything is commercially available. There are some tutorial to make flatbed 3D printer. This guy has obviously access to one. The even better option is to have an *UV* flatbed printer. There is a choice of specialized UV curable inks for PCB: www.agfa.com/specialty-products/solutions/industrial-imaging/dipamat/ www.dupont.com/products/lithojet-223-inkjet-resist.html I did an extensive research on the subject and it is not yet accessible cheaply for the DIYer. Entry point is around $5k. Cheaper if DIY but so complex I wouldn't even try. Also the printer require a lot of maintenance (because of the specialized inks) and it is not worth it in the long run if you only have some PCBs to make from time to time. You need volume. The best way to make quick dirty proto is by using a CNC engraver (that needs to be tuned) or a combination of CNC and UV exposure + etching, the latest being the one I would greatly recommend. In all case if you want to cut and drill a board, you need the CNC. Take a small vacuum table with it.

[@idus]

I believe you can get a dtg printer and use pigment ink. Lots of open source printers out there that do this.

[@CNLohr]

May want to try using acetone to clear off the extra ink. Or another solvent. The quality on that print is spectacular. I've always wanted to do that sort of thing, but, the cost of the printers was just too high for me. I urge you to continue down this process! Those fine traces are def better than I can do with transparencies, riston and my $35 printer. *EDIT* Just saw the ending where you use a solvent. Try immersing it.

[@Androkavo]

Thanks u, i had try immersing pcb in acetone but no effect, Ultra Pigment ink no decay, no blur, no change anything in graphic, must use physical friction to remove ink

[@johnw1385]

+CNLohr epson c88+ ...$120... if you want to go that route. gota ask though are you using name brand riston? how are you preparing your boards before applying the film? have you tried fixxons transparencies they have a coating on one side that takes inkjet ink perfectly. how are you exposing? I honestly think uv yields better results if done with care. Printing is quicker but if you were looking closely at his results...the traces are full of pinholes.

[@CNLohr]

Hmm... I do use brand-name Riston. No real prep, clean the board, steel wool if needed. Tons of water. Cold water. Peel off one side of the riston protective plastic. Put the riston on top and put it through a laminator. Wait for the board to cool and peel off the other side of the plastic. Riston on. Ready to go. I am still trying to find a way to avoid Riston since its application can be tricky and requires a laminator... and instead use the chinese uv goop. But I don't have that process down yet. It sounds like he runs into similar problems as toner transfer then. Toner transfer also has a lot of pinholes.

[@greggsenne1268]

This is off topic, but I just have to ask. John, any relation to Ernie Wuethrich? I used to work with him at SS/L way back when. Even back when it was Ford Aerospace. Just wondering.

[@jeffbeck6501]

Big fan of CNLohr here. That guy is fun.

[@stevenclark2188]

It's interesting to me that you chose to use a Claria (dye) ink model instead of an Ultrachrome (pigment) ink model. Is there really that little difference between the printhead mechanics that switching ink consistencies didn't really matter for reliability? Or was it even a better choice for some reason?

[@omsingharjit]

Inkjet ink are Water based so it will easily fadeout right ? Or it's Different ink ?

[@Infinitesap]

Could you please name the model of the heated flatbed?

[@guisrtr5832]

Coudnt you do the mask with the same method, just by painting above the circuit but leaving the pads out.

[@imignap]

Your enemy here will be the alignment after the etch.

[@SgtScourge]

Can you use this ink and printer for a permanent silkscreen at the end?

[@BlackGymkhana]

With a 3D printer you could eventually print solder mask on top of it...

[@baophanquoc2718]

Are you in Vietnam? I saw a Vietnamese labeled ink cartridge at 0:49.

[@valtuber]

I am pretty excited but complicated also. What the machine/printer do you use? Do you have any web site, where more information may be found?

[@michaelmaklaud7744]

Did you use Epson Stylus Photo 1390 printer?

[@yangman7879]

what tipe of inc have you used?

[@wagnercostaaraujo9057]

Awesome video! Tell us what kind of ink was used to make this pcb board? pigmented ink or corant ink? I have already made it but the ink never dryed in the pcb using the both inks kind!

[@sinayekkalar7368]

Great job May I ask about the printer you used? ( its dpi and brand) Also what is the kind of ink? thank you

[@Androkavo]

Flatbed Printer (custom version of Epson stylus photo 1390) Max DPI : 5760x1440 ink : Ultra Pigment

[@electric-fire21]

Does this work for 2 layer boards? Can you etch on the back in the same way? what about vias? Is there an easy way to plate them? and is there an easy way of making holes automatically?

[@marklerman2305]

Did you actually measure the traces to see what they really are? Just because the software says they are .2mm doesn't mean that's what you end up with. The ink could spread, for instance, making the traces wider.

[@Androkavo]

I not have tool to measure exactly small line, just compare with pins of chip (10:41), if printer scale large or small, then it'll not fit with pins of chip

[@daniel13021]

i love the music

[@ericaskari]

I thought that it's homemade but Google said me it's price is about 2000€ But it was awesome

[@patprop74]

Really? Don't get me wrong its cool and if it had been a homemade thing it would have been a neat weekend project to show off, but for it to be a commercial product like this makes no sense nowadays Especially how they are giving older DLP projectors away, one can burn an image on dry-film in one go.

[@sheepman6291]

What do you do with the chemicals when your done? I don't believe you can just dump them. I'm trying to figure out if i should lay down the 20k for the 1um resolution CNC mill (which I don't have) or do chemicals.

[@bartronicsecurity]

Very nice. You never mentioned the make or brand of flat bed printer.

[@MuhammadAli-yz3nw]

Sir how did you apply black color to the background. I am a beginner and i use proteus for circuit diagrams and only used butter paper to transfer layout...plz give reply to my question plz...

[@engineeringadventures1229]

wow, fantastic results!! can you tell the printer make and model? and did you find some solution for solder mask too? anyways, it is a beautiful video to watch.

[@mpelagio-engenharia]

Maybe You should try to remove this ink using NaOH + water. Pour an amount of NaOH in hot water (80ºC ~ 100ºC) and put PCBs immersed for some minutes. Check every 5 ~ 10 minutes. Let us know what happenned so.

[@nelsondarwinpaktech3954]

Sir,,,its great but u didnt tell us about how to convert inkjet to pcb type printer,,,and software interfacing etc,,,

[@bartconinckx]

is this a modified existing printer? done by yourself or your printshop?

[@chaitanya007ful]

Which microscope is this? can you tell model number and buying link ?

[@Inertia888]

Love the Pink Floyd sounding background. It's putting me in the zone as I stare through the looking glass at tiny electrical things. 👌😎🎶

[@AhmedHan]

Now try soldering that LQFP48 without solder mask...

[@proccessingunit2337]

That would be a nightmare..

[@matthiasmartin1975]

No, it would be easy. Just concentrate on what you're doing and have the correct solder tip.

[@martintince]

I am shure that he can print solder mask too.

[@helmut666kohl]

Just tin the corner leads, solder on corners, then solder the rest. Or just put on solder paste and go at it ;-) Also you can buy UV curing solder mask on Ali for $2 - easy peasy with a plotted foil stencil.

[@EdwinFairchild]

they sell solder mask sheets you just pass them through a cheap $20 laminator on the pcb, i do it all the time. makes soldering easy peezy

[@ВячеславАзаров-т5у]

Why not make a special and optimized printer for this? Once I also wanted to do something like that, but there was no way. Is lacks only printing a solder mask. But this problem can also be solved. It is very good solution for prototyping!

[@electroGoal]

You can also make solider mask with them.

[@ciprianciprian5228]

You're a wizard!

[@EslamsLab]

Oh yes my friend we are trending :D

[@PhG1961]

Waw, great video, great result. I want one !

[@henryserra4746]

This equipment is professional, too expensive for most people

[@km5405]

the device he is using is not though ... its a modified normal inktjet printer.

[@robertospingardi2959]

@@km5405 Do you know the printer model to modify and, above all, how to modify it?

[@3DCharacterArt]

Interesting idea! As I understand it pigment inks produce blacker transparencies for photolithography using DuPont Risten laminated to copper or presensitized boards, the idea of skipping the transparency overlay with direct printing is novel but I wonder if it is any better especially considering the fitting of a special bed surface to the under carriage of an already somewhat expensive printer. Still waiting for high quality Chinese replica of Photoplotters of the Bungard or Fortex small lab desktop style to someday become available, at $10,000 for name brands one would think there’s plenty of space for profit in offering similar machines at much reduced cost

[@helmut666kohl]

If you wanna go the photo resist way, just have films made - cheap, but hard to find service these days. I guess China (or everybody else making prototype quantities) has already moved on to direct lithography - so they take the resist covered plates and expose with a laser or some other stepping light source. Look here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imi2ZWN9jqqGmLs

[@Airatius]

It's Amazing !!! Goodbay laser printer and laminator! Greetings and respect from Russia

[@digimations2983]

Hi.The result is fantastic . Even if you print though 0.05mm traces still it is of no value if you can't make plated through holes . Even if you make QFN how do you make vias under it with this method?. Please make a film positive .It would be a big step towards DIY plated holes pcb .

[@DanBowkley]

That's a gorgeous PCB, some very slight jaggedness under the wireless module footprint but nothing that would effect assembly or operation. Way better result than I ever got with toner transfer paper!

[@MarioIZ0IRH]

Nice! What is the music? Regards.

[@АйдарРашитов-и9у]

Hi! Cool. What kind of ink are used ?

[@unaiskn4934]

What type of ink you are used Water based or other

[@simonsmith2802]

hi what pcb software did you use for your project

[@briwicklab]

what happens when you double print it? better or worse?

[@mandelbro777]

Great results ... now I just need to whip up my arduino's, get in the workshop and make a shed version which is 1/20th the price but prints 100 times slower :)

[@wellyprasetyo-id]

that awesome. you have best neat method for pcb homemade i ever seen on youtube hope you can share those step very impressive for me, hope you can share to us

[@EdwinFairchild]

is there a reason you used such an expensive flatbed printer?

[@Quazaarz]

It's High Resolution

[@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc]

For prototyping or small production pcbs better is the photosensitive and for massive the silkscreen printing.

[@allaboutwirings2460]

Is this machine ready made available or you convert it for pcb printing

[@JeremyEdwards01]

Can you print solder masking on there with one of the other colors?

[@Androkavo]

No, solder mask paint not compatible with printer nozzles

[@giannivalenza1751]

Really impressive! You get to make this heated flatbed and integrate it with the printer core: not a joke I suppose!!!!

[@akramarif9316]

you"ve done a very beautiful job , can you send me the name of printer and model .and this design program ..thank you ...

[@ДикийГамлет]

what kind of paint is used? Какую краску используют?

[@moustaphamuhammad7013]

Can you tell us how we make that machine?

[@vecblog]

Post etcing and cleaning use the same printer for silkscreen print...

[@proloftz]

Very nice results! For $2K, it'd be better to go with a dedicated pcb milling machine and skip the chemicals altogether. But what do I know, I'm still making PCBs using the toner transfer/laminator method. Thanks for the vid!

[@Aerospaceman]

Very nice work, you've done an excellent video demonstrating a great way to produce boards for either through hole or smd. Keep up the good work and submit some details like software used, and are those ink bottles an add-on? specific type of ink, are you using 30% alcohol? Anyhow you did great THANKS!

[@Androkavo]

Software for print : AcroRip add-on you see called external ink bottles (CISS system), it is included when buy printer i use ink Ultra Pigment, and use original ink, not mix alcohol

[@PhG1961]

Awesome video !!! Where can I buy this equipment ?!

[@attilarivera]

What kind of ink is that?

[@kichcavaoisong7533]

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[@ftham888]

Unfortunately, the $2K price tag is far too expensive for most hobbyists... I'll just have to stick with my laser printer for most projects and go to the mall to have it printed on their Flatbed for more complex projects.

[@magnuswootton7368]

at 100 micrometres, if its a rollable circuit, i reckon i could get in 10cmx10cmx10cm a gigabit, but its pretty big.

[@digitalhands6304]

Very nice! But, thats almost impossible to solder that LQFP without solder mask.

[@veeratiraju2182]

what abt price of the machine. Is there any link to buy

[@mvssarma3387]

LOvely demo. Incidentally, are you using any special ink cartridge ?

[@franklydude]

"Ultra Pigment" see above

[@marceloLoschiBH]

Excellent job! Congratulations! Is the ink used water-soluble? Is common inkjet printer ink? Thank you, Marcelo

[@Androkavo]

Pigment ink is common water-soluble yes, and water-resistant after printed and ink is dry

[@flomojo2u]

Stunning quality, had to laugh a bit after you printed out such amazing work and then dropped it into some container with etchant to hand-agitate ;-). I was expecting something a bit more sophisticated for etching... Great results though!

[@1pcfred]

Yeah the jagged edges they got are likely due to poor etch technique. A heated bath and aerating the bath help out with etch quality greatly. Pros use spray. But pumping acid can be problematic.

[@harviecz]

Do another layer of ink after etching to work as solder mask.

[@reiftechmalaysia8886]

Excuse me.. My dear.. What software u use for coordinating your circuit design?

[@Quazaarz]

Adobe InDesign and PartnrRIP Pro

[@RN3RBZ]

Теперь всё стало на свои места: автор не изобретал это устройство, и не продает его! это готовый принтер для печати на футболках!!! Flatbed printer!

[@snrsmh]

Can it print double-sided printing?

[@asifuzaz]

How can I buy it.... Give me the link..... Please...

[@ChrisHalden007]

Excellent. Now I want to build one too 🤣

[@km5405]

you are a genius! ... I kinda cringed at the steel wire brushing though...

[@rockitlikeawolf]

very cool.. thank you. however, possibly the most annoying music ever

[@mr1enrollment]

VERY annoying

[@headnewse]

Epson Stylus Photo 1400 (printer model number and ink using pigment ink)

[@Cutycats9]

I want this machin 😢 where can i get it ??

[@Stonethrower01]

Very good, perhaps excellent job. What is the name of the software used: AoroRip or something? What is the name of second software, the one with dark theme?

[@Androkavo]

AcroRip and Adobe Illustrator (Ai)

[@shuhaibkm6281]

But how other side holes work

[@figofagonagoitis]

Can you show how to modify printer, step by step?

[@nxxxxzn]

Need a link to that wallpaper c:

[@iceberg789]

thats one big printer you have there, but what kind of inkjet ink are water resistant like that ? anyways, having such a printer is one of my life goals. lol.

[@moustaphamuhammad7013]

How can I get one of this machine?

[@robertocarlosramirezporras5304]

que tinta es esa y donde comprarla

[@Team-pb1nb]

Have you done alignment tests for double sided printing? If this is in the range of about 50µm, than this would be perfect for double sided PCBs!

[@flaviodematos2910]

Hello my friend? What ink do you use in the PCB printing machine?

[@franklydude]

"Ultra Pigment" see above

[@66seb]

I guess a solder mask could be printed also, that would be amazing.

[@gogasgl8708]

Хороший плоттер И качество печатной платы нормальное Где такой купить?

[@Grobbekee]

Looks like your ground plane is interrupted at the bottom

[@refrigerationrepairgent1655]

What kind of machine?

[@skywalker778]

Does the PCB work

[@winsonal]

I need to buy this send me link to buy one

[@RixtronixLAB]

Like it, keep it up, nice video clip, thank you for sharing it :)

[@luisantoniomarrega1120]

Este sistema é fantástico. Parabéns! Rio RJ Brasil

[@epineh]

Nice conversion, well done.