Digital BW, The Print

You're hired...but why not 9B pencils?

Robert

On 10/19/01 4:31 AM, "Nij" <nigel@...> wrote:

> 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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