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  2. Ballpoint pen - Wikipedia

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    Ballpoint pens with erasable ink were pioneered by the Paper Mate pen company. The ink formulas of erasable ballpoints have properties similar to rubber cement, allowing the ink to be literally rubbed clean from the writing surface before drying and eventually becoming permanent.

  3. E Ink - Wikipedia

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    E Ink (electronic ink) is a brand of electronic paper (e-paper) display technology commercialized by the E Ink Corporation, which was co-founded in 1997 by MIT undergraduates JD Albert and Barrett Comiskey, MIT Media Lab professor Joseph Jacobson, Jerome Rubin and Russ Wilcox.

  4. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    Some fifty pieces of medieval Arabic blockprinting known as tarsh have been found in Egypt printed between 900 and 1300 in black ink on paper.

  5. India ink - Wikipedia

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    India ink (British English: Indian ink; also Chinese ink) is a simple black or coloured ink once widely used for writing and printing and now more commonly used for drawing and outlining, especially when inking comic books and comic strips. India ink is also used in medical applications.

  6. Paper Mate - Wikipedia

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    A classic Paper Mate Profile ballpoint pen. Paper Mate products are offered in a variety of colors and shapes. In 1966, the Flair pen was released. The marker is a felt-tipped pen with quick–drying water–based ink. In 1979, Paper Mate introduced the Eraser Mate or Erasermate brand.

  7. CMYK color model - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation CMYK refers to the four ink plates used: c yan, m agenta, y ellow, and k ey (black). The CMYK model works by partially or entirely masking colors on a lighter, usually white, background. The ink reduces the light that would otherwise be reflected.

  8. Fountain pen ink - Wikipedia

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    Some companies that specialize in ink, like Noodler's and Private Reserve Ink, have also created ink with special properties, like glow in the dark, waterproofing, highlighting and indestructible (document) inks. Durability and security Noodler's Black fountain pen ink writing samples.

  9. Ink - Wikipedia

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    Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill.

  10. Carter's Ink Company - Wikipedia

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    Carter's Ink Company was an American manufacturer of ink and related products, based first in Boston and later in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was once the largest ink manufacturer in the world. Apart from ink, Carter produced a line of fountain pens during a brief period in the 1920s.

  11. Iron gall ink - Wikipedia

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    Iron gall ink (also known as common ink, standard ink, oak gall ink or iron gall nut ink) is a purple-black or brown-black ink made from iron salts and tannic acids from vegetable sources. It was the standard ink formulation used in Europe for the 1400-year period between the 5th and 19th centuries, remained in widespread use well into the 20th ...