printing ink
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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Substitute for lithographic stone; a firm, black, copying, printing ink; method for photographing in colors.
How to Succeed as an Inventor | Goodwin B. SmithHaving thus considered the products which are the principal raw materials of printing ink, we now come to the ink itself.
The Building of a Book | VariousAn impression is made with black printing ink on paper by passing it through the hand press.
The Building of a Book | VariousEugene went out, the smell of fresh printing ink in his nose, and the equally aggressive smell of damp newspapers.
The "Genius" | Theodore DreiserIt 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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