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Default How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps,etc?

On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:53:50 -0700, wrote:


I would posit a rotating intaglio printer as a relatively simple device
with very prices application ability and little slop. And although the
print heads would wear, they would have very nearly infinite life as
compared to a brush or roller.


Intaglio requires very heavy pressures of around 80T/square inch
generated by *very* heavy machinery; much, much heavier than litho or
letterpress which are like balsa toys by comparison. Then you have to
have the right plates. Engraving those plates to an acceptable standard
requires very *considerable* expertise by people who can command pay
grades that elevate them *way* above every other 'manual' worker into a
league of their own.

This is the purest speculation, of
course.


It certainly is. You are right about the simplicity of the machinery,
though.


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