Direct ink to PCB 

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

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

This should be in every DIY maker's houses.

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

what tipe of inc have you used?

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!

Nice conversion, well done.

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.

You're a wizard!

Oh yes my friend we are trending :D

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.

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

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

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.

Very nice job!!!

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.

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

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...

hi what pcb software did you use for your project

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

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 :)

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

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

Wow! I think I'm in love!

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

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

Este sistema é fantástico. Parabéns! Rio RJ Brasil

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

Could you please name the model of the heated flatbed?

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

Hi! Cool. What kind of ink are used ?

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!

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

i love the music

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

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

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

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 .

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

Can it print double-sided printing?

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

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

Excellent. Now I want to build one too 🤣

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!

Did you use Epson Stylus Photo 1390 printer?

Need a link to that wallpaper c:

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!

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.

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!

Can you tell us how we make that machine?

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

What type of ink you are used Water based or other

Хороший плоттер И качество печатной платы нормальное Где такой купить?

You can also make solider mask with them.

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.

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!

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

Looks good!

But how other side holes work

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Very good work.

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How can I get one of this machine?

You should sell this on tindie, I'll buy one!

What kind of ink is that?

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

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

Vi algo parecido a muitos anos, em que se modificava uma epson XP214para fazer o mesmo, aqui mesmo no youtube. Site em portugues brasil. I saw something similar to many years ago, when an epson XP214 was modified to do the same, right here on youtube. Site in portuguese brazil.

Astonishing!

what kind of paint is used? Какую краску используют?

you buy ink here?

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

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.

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

Looks like your ground plane is interrupted at the bottom

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

Гениально!, а есть эпсоны с лотками для компакт дисков, можно использовать для мелочей...

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

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.

Nice! What is the music? Regards.

what's the total budget this project. I am student of DAE(Diploma of Associate Engineering) in Electronics and it's my last year and i have to make a project. I am from Pakistan. what's the total budget this project.

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

que tinta es esa y donde comprarla

Now try soldering that LQFP48 without solder mask...

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

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?

What kind of machine?