At one time the quill pen was the pinnacle of inking technology. The quill would have to be dipped in ink again and again after only a few words had been written, tiring out the arm, the hand, and exhausting the mind further. In the years to come, the fountain pen was invented, which combined the pen and the ink, but suffered from leaking and spotting on the page. In more modern times, the ball point pen was invented, and followed the type press, or typewriter which was the first widespread mechanical inking instrument.
Modern technology advanced to the extent that now computer printers do almost all of the work and, in general, pens are seldom used except for jotting down notes. Sales of ink cartridges and laser toner cartridges now dominate the ink market, and down the road, pens might become obsolete all together.
March 9th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Yes and look at the price and the junk we created.
A pen we could refill and use over and over; same with the quill and the fountain pen. Just refill it.
Now you need to buy the ink with a new chip(so you can’t refill it)
Would you buy a car for $10,000 that would go 5,000 miles then just toss it and buy another(gas included)???
I hope you get my point.