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printing ink

noun

  1. a type of ink that flows smoothly, dries quickly, and is of a consistency able to hold enough color to make printed matter legible: used to transfer the image on a press plate to the printing surface.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of printing ink1

First recorded in 1670–80
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Example Sentences

Substitute for lithographic stone; a firm, black, copying, printing ink; method for photographing in colors.

Having thus considered the products which are the principal raw materials of printing ink, we now come to the ink itself.

An impression is made with black printing ink on paper by passing it through the hand press.

Eugene went out, the smell of fresh printing ink in his nose, and the equally aggressive smell of damp newspapers.

It is also used in the manufacture of printing-ink; and we have now Cennino's authority for using it with blue pigments.

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