Inkjet Insight

A method of removing ink and making recovered fibers suitable for the production of recycled paper. See Deinking.

A type of water-washable ink used for printing on textiles and fabrics that is easily washed out.

A test to determine a paperboard’s water resistance or degree of sizing in which a paperboard sample is weighed, then immersed in water for a set period of time, at which point

Term for a continuous roll of paper that forms on a papermaking machine, or the paper roll that is used uncut in web offset lithography. Paper webs can either be cut into sheets

The breaking of a paper web when it is on-press, which can occur at any point from start to finish, and which is caused by many factors. A web break

In web printing, an auxiliary device which automatically detects the site of a web break and immediately shuts down the press.

In web offset lithography, the pull applied to a web of paper as it travels through the press. See Web Offset Lithography: Infeed and Web Control.

A property of printing inks that describes the ability of the dry ink film to resist bleeding, discoloring, fading, etc., upon exposure to moisture. An ink’s wettability is an important consideration

A procedure performed in the ink-manufacturing process in which the particles of pigment are coated with varnish so as to enable them to be ground more easily and finely and disperse more completely in

A substance added—typically in small quantities—to a liquid in order to reduce its surface tension and allow solids to be more completely wet by the liquid. A variety of wetting