I've had this problem with my favorite pens (Sarstedt's permanent markers
- way spiff) and found that storing them "head down" kept the tip inked.

Tamara

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 Tamara Howard
 Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
 University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center
 Albuquerque, NM 87131
 thoward@unm.edu
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