In this paper, I will review the requirements for the printing of functional electronic parts.The ideal process for electronic printing should be fast, inexpensive and offer high performance. I will show examples of serial vs. massively parallel printing processes. Inexpensive means an additive process rather than the traditional print/then etch subtractive process. Finally, whether electronic addressability is important, or even affordable, will be considered as part of the “ideal process”.
Robert H. Detig, Dietmar C. Eberlein, "Printing Processes for Functional Electronic Manufacture" in Proc. IS&T Digital Fabrication Conf., 2005, pp 31 - 33, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2005.21.2.art00013_3