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Durabright (Ultra) type inks

2007-02-13 by Herbert E. Plett

>> the ink I tried is from Oliser and Pigmented, as for the canon OEM black

>You might try:
>http://www.inknstuff.com

Thanks for the tip.
There I found a very interesting article about pigmented inks, really worth to
take a look at! (specially at the end)
http://inkcityusa.com/epson_durabrite_inks.htm

Seems there is no reason a Canon, Lexmark or HP cannot use pigmented inks. It's
just a matter of getting the right one...
Canon uses the black pigmented anyway. How could the printer tell if it's
another color?
The trick may be the other ingredients (like carrier, fixer, etc) when 'cured'.
Perhaps it is the actual yellow or magenta 'powder' in the ink that fuses and
sticks to the copper. Black is carbon that doesn't fuse or stick by itself to
the copper when heated, and the rest of ingredients are soluble. That would
explain why Durabright black has been useless till now.

interesting to follow up...




 
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