Printing Inks Technologies and Tips
Learn about the different types of inks used in desktop printers and commercial printing technologies. Find out how a few inks can produce millions of colors.
How Can I Print the Color White?
Explore the use of white ink and white ink alternatives.
Explore the use of white ink and white ink alternatives.
Flexo Inks
Printer's Nat'l Environmental Assistance Ceneter outlines the types of ink used in flexographic printing.
Printer's Nat'l Environmental Assistance Ceneter outlines the types of ink used in flexographic printing.
Heavy Coverage
Bindagraphics newsletter offers specific design tips when producing a piece with heavy ink coverage including how to get even coverage with heavy solids and avoiding cracking and ghosting.
Bindagraphics newsletter offers specific design tips when producing a piece with heavy ink coverage including how to get even coverage with heavy solids and avoiding cracking and ghosting.
How do printing inks work?
Reprotech Printing and Digital Media Services explains how transparent inks work. Includes a couple of simple illustrations. Scroll down. Yes, the first paragraph repeats twice.
Reprotech Printing and Digital Media Services explains how transparent inks work. Includes a couple of simple illustrations. Scroll down. Yes, the first paragraph repeats twice.
Ink Used to Print Money
Find out why greenbacks are green and the kind of ink used to print US paper currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Find out why greenbacks are green and the kind of ink used to print US paper currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Inks and Coatings
Read ScreenWeb articles about different aspects of ink used in screen printing. Aimed at screenprinters.
Read ScreenWeb articles about different aspects of ink used in screen printing. Aimed at screenprinters.
Inks/Color Matching
Short blurbs address swatch books, transparent ink, paper and ink, heavy coverage, draw-downs, reflex blue, and mottling of gray inks. From Christopher John/The Printworks, Inc.
Short blurbs address swatch books, transparent ink, paper and ink, heavy coverage, draw-downs, reflex blue, and mottling of gray inks. From Christopher John/The Printworks, Inc.
Printing Inks & Techniques
Article at Glen's World Bank Note Page focuses primarily on printing inks and printing methods used for printing paper currency.
Article at Glen's World Bank Note Page focuses primarily on printing inks and printing methods used for printing paper currency.
Using More Than One Black Ink
Scroll down to the bottom of the Bindagraphics newsletter for a quick tip on a better way of printing B&W images on a black background.
Scroll down to the bottom of the Bindagraphics newsletter for a quick tip on a better way of printing B&W images on a black background.
What You Should Know About Ink
Bindagraphics gives an overview of some things to consider about ink including paper and drying time.
Bindagraphics gives an overview of some things to consider about ink including paper and drying time.
What You Should Know About Inks
The Bindagraphics newsletter discusses slow-drying, wax-free, transparent, fluorescent, and metallic inks as well as issues such as even coverage.
The Bindagraphics newsletter discusses slow-drying, wax-free, transparent, fluorescent, and metallic inks as well as issues such as even coverage.
What's That Stuff?
This is a nice, non-technical explanation of what ink is - printing inks and writing inks from Chemical & Engineering News.
This is a nice, non-technical explanation of what ink is - printing inks and writing inks from Chemical & Engineering News.