Comments on: Xerox ink will print circuits

By: Xtremegamer

Xtremegamer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:23:44 +0000

mhm not longer waiting for pcb’s just e-mail or create in paint xD print and done :p

By: AnonHg

AnonHg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:29:23 +0000

Not to blow my load or anything, but im in the running to be one of the first product testers for the silver bullet ink, and to clear some things up, they do have a semiconductor. here is the message I was sent from Xerox.

Hello G******,

Thank you for your interest in Xerox functional inks. Our inks are designed for mostly thin-film printed electronics applications on flexible substrates, and include a conductive nanosilver ink, an organic semiconductor ink, and a dielectric ink. They are low viscosity and designed for use in inkjet or other low viscosity printing processes. Please let me know if you are still interested and if so, which inks are of interest and I can send the appropriate information.

AnonHg FTW

By: PocketBrain

PocketBrain — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:14:48 +0000

Field’s metal solder?

And a via probably could be done with a hefty squirt of that ink over a pre-punched hole. Just enough to fill it. Might change the drying time and speed of print.

And its use would not be only for flex circuits; a printer capable of doing either flex or stiff media would be quite the flexible tool for prototyping!

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:02:15 +0000

@ Beggingthequestion

You definitely brightened my day.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:21 +0000

@nave.notnilc
Except apple is in the semiconductor business now that they own PA Semiconductor. But Drone bringing up apple is a weak attempt at trolling.

On the layers topic, how would you do something like a via??

By: Einomies

Einomies — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:09:54 +0000

When a person begs a question, it means they are answering besides the real question.

When a subject matter begs a question, it means it needs a further question about the subject matter because the information presented was ambiguous or unclear about some detail.

By: neil

neil — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:59:20 +0000

I requested a sample. I’m hoping I can “print” the ink on different materials to contacts directly on silicone. i dont care, just thought i’d share.

By: Kealper

Kealper — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:19:30 +0000

@bothersaidpooh
That is a good idea, I’ve seen those magazines that have audio that turns on when you open the page, having a little OLED printed circuit page to show a preview of a game or movie, or anything for that matter would be very cool.

@grammar Nazis
Stfoo…You people sound like a bunch of bickering old women…

By: Wolvenmoon

Wolvenmoon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:13:32 +0000

This actually kind of depresses me. Instead of being used to benefit everyone it’s going to mean wal mart is going to RFID tag everything and use it to twist more money out of consumers.

Other mass usages will be similar, it’ll be used to rip people off.

*Sigh*

By: ScrewTheQuestion

ScrewTheQuestion — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:17:53 +0000

Shut up. Shut Up! SHUT UP!

It’s about giving new meaning to “printed circuit”, not begging goddamn questions. A pox upon thee, vile phrase-fascist!

By: bothersaidpooh

bothersaidpooh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:12:27 +0000

interesting. Perhaps this could be combined with OLEDs and a non conductive waterproof overlay to make a cheaper OLED TV.

Who cares if they degrade after 500 hours, thats still more than enough for simple applications such as video magazines etc.

By: canbot

canbot — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:36:16 +0000

Why not use a line plotter fitted with a conductive pen to print circuits. It will take longer to print but the technology is ready to be implemented.

By: s

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:28:38 +0000

Complaining about wrongly using “beg the question” is a lost cause. The use of the phrase to mean “invite the question” is now very firmly in the language.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:57:40 +0000

You could make quite thin layers of circuits like this. Imagine it an incredibly thin circuit board.

By: nave.notnilc

nave.notnilc — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:28:30 +0000

@Beggingthequestion
…what

@Drone
apple doesn’t do any semiconductor or ink development, so no.