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[Digital BW] Re: ASTM Pigment Names and Numbers

2008-03-19 by Greg

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Corll" 
<briancorll@...> wrote:
>
> Paul,
> 
> What do you mean by "correct prep work needed to make this into a 
viable
> inkjet pigment" ?
> 
>  
>

Grinding to the proper size, suspending it in the proper base, and 
concentrating it to the proper amount is really all it would take.

As a specialty ink it would not be a mass market seller, so the price 
to have Image Specialists produce this would probably be very high. 
What we now need is a DIY pigment grinder and filter, plus a good 
mixer to make this a DIY project. Buy the base in the gallon sizes 
and go. Still not exactly cheap, but possibly cheaper than having an 
ink company make extremely short runs. Anything less than several 55 
gallon drums is a short run for most of them.

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