Targets printed in conductive ink can be used to create a wide variety of target shapes. Many conductive inks are based on silver, which is an excellent conductor but due to the additional materials in the ink conductivity is typically just ~30% of pure silver. This reduction in conductivity unfortunately increases the skin depth of conductive inks, which are also quite thin - typically 15 μm or thinner. The measured LDC response is typically <10% compared to a silver conductor with a thickness of 4+ skin depths.

This reduced response limits the precision of applications using conductive ink targets, but for many cases it is acceptable.