Faster drying inks

Pressroom For decades, printers have been searching for faster drying inks. Many have tried ink drying additives, specialty inks and aqueous coatings. A proprietary ink additive from SpeedyDry Inc. (Charlotte, NC) accelerates the cross-linking reactions that normally occur in ink during drying. SpeedyDry is suitable for use with conventional offset lithographic inks and reportedly performs well on all stock types, even plastic. It has been in use for more than four years. GATF breaks it down Independent tests at the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) (Sewickley, PA) proved SpeedyDry dramatically decreases ink drying time without significantly impacting ...

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