Voltera Circuit Board Printer

[0xdeadbeef]

http://volterainc.com/

It is somehow interesting, but then most probably not really 100% useful.
At least regarding the circuit printing part (no holes/vias, no real multilayer, no ground planes, questionable soldering quality on silver ink).
Regarding the application of solder paste and reflow feature, I'm a bit skeptical to say the least.
And for $1500 you can get a lot of PCBs from China plus SMD stencils if you wish.

[macboy]

What I want is a printer that lays down resist, so I can run a ordinary copper clad board through it, then throw it into etchant. Who wants conductive ink traces?

[Falcon69]

Dude!

That would be sooooo cool.  Imagine making paper airplanes with blinking LED's and stuff.  Even if the ink only lasts a few flights, would still be pretty cool imo.

[tautech]

What I want is a printer that lays down resist, so I can run a ordinary copper clad board through it, then throw it into etchant. Who wants conductive ink traces?

+1
And try to find a old plotter to convert..... 
They've all been biffed away. 

[macboy]

Dude!

That would be sooooo cool.  Imagine making paper airplanes with blinking LED's and stuff.  Even if the ink only lasts a few flights, would still be pretty cool imo.

Do you want to spend a few thousand on a machine to fold the paper into an airplane too? I didn't think so.    So you don't need to spend $1500 on a machine to lay down a few traces to power your LED running lights.... you just need this: http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/prototyping-and-circuit-repair/pens/silver-conductive-8420-p/ (disclaimer: I don't know if either the printer or the pen works on paper)

[Fred27]

I like the paper plane idea. A conductive ink pen and some SMT LEDs should work and a CR2032 (or maybe smaller) would be a nice weight for the nose of the plane.

[amyk]

The name is far too close to this one...

[Falcon69]

macboy,

If i had money to blow, I would, just to say I made a paper airplane using the printer and the airplane now had running lights and little lasers on it. PEW PEW!