Digital BW, The Print

Hello Jon,

>Carbon is usually thought of as a warm only grade pigment. 
>Carbon Sepia PiezoTone is an example of a pure carbon ink 
>without color toners and it is very warm. But its not that 
>unusual in other industries to see carbon used for its cool 
>properties. How carbon will eventually appear to the eye is 
>connected to how the carbon is treated for various purposes. 
>Changing the size and shape of an individual pigment particle 
>for example....But there are also different grades of carbon 
>pigment - so combine just these two 'how tos' and you may have 
>an idea of the rich possibilities of treating carbon. 
>...Hope that answers your curiosity.

Very interesting, thank you.  It seems you are saying that carbon
does't necessarily have to be so warm.  If that's the case then why
have we been struggling for years to cool it?  Are we just now
figuring out how to manipulate it on this level?

Regards,
Clayton


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