Hi Guys, I'm working on a powder bed printer, now I'm looking for a suitable printhead. I like the "HP C6602" not because it can not be supplied via a CISS with ink. Thus, I am dependent on the HP ink that does not meet my requirements. I would also like to process materials other than gypsum. I have seen the slaughter of ZPrinters that are running a HP11 printhead. Has anyone any idea how driving these printheads? Many thanks for your help Philipp https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,636882#msg-636882 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:40:50 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,640553#msg-640553 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,640553#msg-640553
However, the HP C6602A was an exception, since it is used in a wide variety of non-HP devices.

It's only 96dpi, but sufficient for powder printing.

See:

Nicholas C Lewis's InkShield

and a full powderbed printer based off of it:

YTec 3D's Plan B]]> Ezrec Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:27:35 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,639440#msg-639440 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,639440#msg-639440
I am pleased with the active participation.
I've read an awful lot, but unfortunately I still see little possibilities to drive a print head properly. I have now understood that HP calls the driver "Pen Driver". This pen driver is controlled via a serial interface. In order to drive a printhead correctly you should now know how the serial port is built and how the protocol of the interface is designed.
Does anyone know where I can find this information?

Philipp]]> Philipp Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Mon, 14 Mar 2016 08:22:03 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,638221#msg-638221 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,638221#msg-638221
The EPSON TM-C610 label printer seems to be ideal for a 'nano' powder bed printer, and their TM-C600 'cousin' is easily available in the US.

http://www.evillabs.net/wiki/index.php/EPSON_TM-C600]]> Ezrec Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:31:03 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637792#msg-637792 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637792#msg-637792 I have found an HP45 Head driver:
But I donot need 3000 Pieces, I need only 3-10.
[german.alibaba.com]
Philipp]]> Philipp Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:38:04 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637329#msg-637329 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637329#msg-637329
I've seen several ink-jet printers with 'hacked' printheads, where they simply drilled a hole into the ink tank and inserted a thin capillary to feed the ink from a big reservoir above the printer.

This were then mostly Brother-printheads with separate ink-tanks, but shouldn't be a problem to modify HP printheads accordingly ...]]> VDX Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Wed, 09 Mar 2016 04:08:27 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637315#msg-637315 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637315#msg-637315 Thank you for the tip. I know the system. The disadvantage in the printing head is that which is intended for cash registers or labels printer. It has only a small internal ink reservoir. But for a 3D printer I need a large external ink supply.
So I'm driving on the lookout for a way to use a printhead simlar the HP1.
Many thanks for your help
Philipp]]> Philipp Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Wed, 09 Mar 2016 03:41:03 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637030#msg-637030 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,637030#msg-637030
look here - [hackaday.com]

I have the book from Matt Gilliland, but the drivers are meant for the HP 51604A inkjet cartridge ...]]> VDX Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:04:51 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,636882#msg-636882 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,636882,636882#msg-636882 I'm working on a powder bed printer, now I'm looking for a suitable printhead. I like the "HP C6602" not because it can not be supplied via a CISS with ink. Thus, I am dependent on the HP ink that does not meet my requirements. I would also like to process materials other than gypsum.
I have seen the slaughter of ZPrinters that are running a HP11 printhead. Has anyone any idea how driving these printheads?
Many thanks for your help
Philipp]]> Philipp Powder Printing and Selective Laser Sintering Tue, 08 Mar 2016 03:09:00 -0500