Digital BW, The Print

Oops, sorry... can someone delete my double post?

I should add that I'm going to try loading my color carts in the 3MK-R1800 setup with C6b instead of the MIS cleaning fluid. I have a hunch that cleaning fluid is what's causing my bad nozzle checks.

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
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> Thanks, Paul, I'll read the label on the glycerin at my pharmacy and check the purity before I buy it.
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> Oh, and I meant to say C6b.
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> Regards,
> 
> Paul
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@> wrote:
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> > <paulmwhiting@> wrote:
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> > > **
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> > > ... I want to mix up Paul Roark's C6c base, which calls for glycerol. My
> > > pharmacy only stocks glycerine... is that the same thing?
> > >
> > Yes, glycerine = glycerol (aka glycerin). See
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol
> > 
> > Note also footnote 8 of http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf .
> >  I use 99.7% pure.  I'm not sure what purity is needed.  Someone once
> > commented that Walmart had glycerin.  I went into one and looked at what
> > they had.  It appeared to me that it was simply a cosmetic that was mostly
> > glycerin, but it had other things in it to make it smell nice, etc.  I
> > suppose nice smelling ink is OK, but I don't know what affect other
> > chemicals might have.  So, I'd stay with as high a purity as is practically
> > available.  Overall the ink cost is going to be so low as to not be much of
> > a factor in printing.
> > 
> > Also,  unless you are going to print on Arches watercolor paper, there is
> > no need to go to the C6c version with the additional surfactant in it.
> > 
> > Good luck with the mixing.
> > 
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
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