[sudo-discuss] need ink for sudoroom circuitboard printer

[Jake]

nope i was told the formulation is different and not compatible.

this came from someone who has worked on dozens of these printers and loves them.

you know the MSDS wouldn't change if only the ratios and weights of different waxes had changed...

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:

> I bet the only reason the 8500/8550 ink doesn't work properly in our 8560
> printer is because the shape of the blocks is slightly different. At least,
> that's how I would set it up if I were a greedy bastard who wanted to make
> it harder for 3rd party ink sellers.
>
> Besides, they're using the same Material Safety Data Sheet for all the
> 8500/8550/8560 ink blocks, so they're probably all the exact same type of
> wax...
>
> Patrik
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> if we get the right colors, the printer will continue to print beautiful
>> color prints in addition to the occasional circuitboards.
>>
>> Also, I've been told by an expert that the 8500/8550 ink will not work
>> properly in our 8560 so I doubt we could make our own ink without a lot of
>> trial and traffic errors first.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2016, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
>>
>> I would suspect that (a) we may be able to use the cheaper black ink in the
>>> cyan slot (or just print all-black) if you're just using it to make PCBs,
>>> and (b) we may be able to mold one of those blocks and cast our own!
>>>
>>> This MSDS claims the composition is largely polyethylene wax (CAS No
>>> 9002-88-4), with a melting point of 100C/212F:
>>>
>>> http://www.officedepot.com/pdf/msds/523665.pdf
>>>
>>> Then again, this stuff is so cheap in comparison with inkjet cartridges,
>>> perhaps we might as well get the official ink blocks...
>>>
>>> Patrik
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:50 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> unfortunately the ink blocks I acquired from a friend were for the wrong
>>>> model printer.  We have a Phaser 8560.
>>>>
>>>> In order to do more DIY circuitboards in sudoroom like this:
>>>>
>>>> http://imgur.com/gallery/TbzsP
>>>>
>>>> we need three ink blocks for our printer:  Black, Magenta, and Cyan.
>>>>
>>>> Black for $8.25:
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-PHASER-8560-SOLID-INK-Black-On
>>>> e-1-/152300692517
>>>>
>>>> Magenta for $8.99:
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/One-1-XEROX-PHASER-8560-SOLID-INK-Ma
>>>> genta-/152300692128
>>>>
>>>> Cyan for "$16.99 or best offer"
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Xerox-Phaser-8560-8560MFP-Cyan-
>>>> Solid-Ink-Sticks-1-ink-replaces-108R00723-/232124175772
>>>>
>>>> won't someone get these so we can make more circuits?
>>>>
>>>> -jake
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>>>
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