Consumables

Ink prices set to drop significantly

Friday 01. April 2011 - The Australian outback is renown for solitude and a lack of natural ressources. At least those that are easy to come by.

Just recently a team of geologists from Avril while exploring some underground caverns that had been detected by ultrasound technology made an astonishing find.
Expecting to find oil or some likewise rare fluids, the team drilled a hole. When they reached a depth of 174 metres some liquid spluttered out – black and quite thin as they could see on first sight. Believing they were in luck and had struck oil, the team from Avril first analysed the fluid – and were dumbstruck when it turned out to be a natural ink, fully biodegradable. Some further wells were drilled and revealed yet more resources, among them a yellow and a cyan fluid – again natural ink. It is believed that the Aborigines in Australia used this ink to produce all the stunning images that can be found all over the Australian outback. Further analysis of this astonishing natural ink showed that it can be used to be printed on stone, metals, paper, plastics and all the other more modern substrates used in printing. “This natural supply of ink has caught us by surprise. The ink we found is a natural source and there is lots of it around here. And it is fully biodegradable too! We just will have to find the right depth for each colour. I predict that once we start production ink prices will decrease”, says Mr. Premier, head of the exploration team. “We also intend to explore further cavernous sediment layers and are pretty confident, that we will find magenta ink as well.”
The find will also help the drilling industry – while new oil finds are rare and mostly in offshore areas that are hard to drill and recover, the ink reservoirs are far easier to access – provided the drilling company can provide enough shelter against the blaring heat of the day and extreme cold at night as well as food and drink for their workers.