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Is this what goes in this overly expensive HP inkjet cartridges? The video sure shows a nicer side of this whole business.

• donw 14y ago
  This sort of ink is used for offset printing. My brother used to own a print shop, and I worked for him over a summer, so I got a lot of experience in cleaning this stuff out of offset presses. It's very thick, with a consistency maybe a bit like runny peanut butter, and has an incredibly distinctive smell. You pour it into a reservoir in the press, and then a multitude of inking rollers homogenize the ink, removing air bubbles, before transferring it to the plate.
  • swah 14y ago
    Then you tell the computer that that ink reservoir has now a particular color you ordered? Curious how you tell a computer some colors are to be achieved by the regular process (like any inkjets) and others should come from the "specific paint reservoir for that color"
    • Kerrick 14y ago
      No, this kind of printer isn't controlled by a computer, it's much more analog. http://visual.merriam-webster.com/arts-architecture/graphic-arts/printing/lithographic-printing.php http://visual.merriam-webster.com/arts-architecture/graphic-...