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Question: What is the difference between a Ballpoint pens/refills and Rollerball pens/refills?Answer: Ballpoint pen refills use a thick oil based ink where the ball in the pen nib pushes the ink o...

Ink Trivia Ink Bottles: Bottles vs. cartridges/Instructions for use Although it is a personal preference, there is a cost benefit factor in choosing ink bottles over ink cartridges for your...

A Message in a Bottle is a form of communication whereby a message is sealed in a container (archetypically a glass bottle, but could be any medium, as long as it floats and remains wat...

Fountain pen ink is a water-based ink intended for use with fountain pens.Because fountain pens operate on the principle of capillary action, ink for them is almost exclusively dye-based. Pigment i...