Digital BW, The Print

Go on, try it, I dare you. Mix it up and stick it in your 7000!!??

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nij" <nigel@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Indelible Inks


> I thought the procedure for getting carbon pigment(ed) ink was as follows:
>   Sharpen 5000 2B pencils to stubs and hopper the shavings (they use the
2B
> to get the blacker carbon, I understand)
>   Run the pencil shaving through a special wood shaving extractor, or burn
> in an ashtray;
>   They then use a **** multichef to mix the carbon in with the liquid
> carrier and add a bit of dye (dependent upon which ink is being
> manufactured).
>
> The liquid ink is then piped into the cartridges, and left to stand for
two
> hours before sealing (the carts).
>
> Hope this is helpful to someone ;)
>
> Nij
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
> > Are they milling the carbon at high viscosity (40,000+ cps)and
> > letting down or are they working with more dilute solutions?
>
>
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