Digital BW, The Print

I don't know why we get different results.  I used glycerol from the
Chemistry Store + distilled water.    The room the base is stored in is my
2nd story office, which is heated and air-conditioned like the rest of the
house.  There are two windows.  I don't know if the mixed ink in the
cartridges was affected.  As soon as I saw the mold in the clear base
solution, I took all of the cartridges out of the printer and installed
cartridges with storage solution till I can afford to mess with it again,
which might be quite awhile.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Paul <roark.paul@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I don't know what the variables are. I've never had any biological
> activity. I just use store bought distilled water. The glycerol is 99.7%
> pure from San Jose Scientific. I store the base in the usual relatively
> clear ink bottles in a room with 2 small windows. They have been there for
> years now. My daughter's 3.5 year old carbon-6 mix seems to be fine after
> that long a time in a CIS in a dorm room.
>
> At the other extreme, I've been told commercial inks with biocides will
> sometimes grow algae in the CIS lines in Arizona sun.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pdesmidt tds.net"
> <pdesmidt@...> wrote:
> >
> > I think they should consider adding a biocide. Both times I mixed the
> base
> > I ended up with some white mold growing in it after a couple of months.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Paul <roark.paul@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > MIS now has the generic base mixes, including that for the dyes,
> pre-mixed
> > > on its web site. The prices look good. These are arranged by the mix --
> > > C6a, b, and c, as well as the dye mix. Pint and gallon volumes are
> offered.
> > >
> > > See
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-C6ABASE-PT
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-C6ABASE-GL
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-C6BBASE-PT
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-C6BBASE-GL
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-C6CBASE-PT
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-C6CBASE-GL
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-CLEARBASE-PT
> > >
> > > http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-CLEARBASE-GL
> > >
> > > For mixing, see http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf and
> > > various links to the options I've used.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > > www.PaulRoark.com
> > > http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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