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Why fountain-pen ink is not printer ink

Fountain-pen ink is a thin dye solution for a slit, while printer ink is built for nozzles or toner drums.

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Fountain-pen ink is a water-based dye made to flow by capillary action through a feed and a slit, then dry on paper. Printer ink is built for a different machine, either a jet of fluid through a tiny nozzle or a dry toner fused by heat. The opening covers a feed wants a dye solution, pigment settles in channels, and inkjet fluid serves a nozzle.

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A feed wants a dye solution
Pigment settles in channels
Inkjet fluid serves a nozzle
Toner is fused powder
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Capillary feed of a fountain pen
Inkjet ink and laser toner

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Why fountain-pen ink is not printer ink

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