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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
  • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
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Definitions

• Lithography is a planographic printing process that utilizes printing plates having the image and non-image areas in the same plane.
• An offset lithographic printing press typically includes a plate cylinder carrying one or more printing plates.
• An inker applies ink to the printing plate utilizing one or more form rollers.
• the ink film on the form roller contacts the image areas on the printing plate, transferring the ink from the form roller to the printing plate.
• the inked image on the plate is then transferred to a blanket cylinder which transfers the image to the material to be printed, such as paper.
• the process is referred to as offset lithography because the printing plate does not print directly onto paper, but is first "offset" onto a rubber blanket (offset blanket) before forming a reproduction of the image on the material.
• the printing (image) areas are typically hydrophobic and ink receptive, while the non-printing areas are typically hydrophilic and water receptive.
• the plate can be damped with a water-based fountain solution (dampening solution) before it is inked.
• the fountain solution can be stored in a container and delivered to the printing plate by one or more chrome (dampening) rollers.
• the fountain solution typically forms a film on the water receptive areas of the plate, but forms tiny droplets on the water repellent areas.
• the plate During the printing process, the plate must be continuously treated with the fountain solution in order to maintain the thin film, thus maintaining the hydrophilic character of the non-image areas.
• the thin film of fountain solution prevents subsequent applications of ink from covering non-image areas of the plate.
• ink there is a tendency for ink to build up on the dampening roller and adhere to non- image areas of the printing plate surface when printing is carried out with repeated interruptions. This is referred to as “scumming" or "ink feedback” and results in the undesirable formation of spots and rings on the printed material.
• Ink feedback i.e., tinting
• ink build-up i.e., scumming
• the passive (hydrophilic) chrome rollers are provided to improve "damping" control by minimizing tinting and scumming, but are not perfect in this regard. Good printing will result only if tinting and scumming are prevented.
• Tinting and scumming have become more of a challenge since the switch to alcohol-free fountain solutions in conjunction with continuous-roll dampening systems that directly apply fountain solution to the plate without any connection to the ink rolls.
• the dampening roller can pick up ink from the plate and transfer the ink back to the metering roll via porous and ink-sensitive chrome rolls within the metering system. With no path back to the inker, the emulsified ink continues to build-up. While methods exist for preventing the accumulation of ink on the rollers, many of those methods are expensive, inconvenient and can increase printing time. To that end, a solution is desired that will prevent or at least alleviate tinting and scumming problems.
• fountain solutions are water-based, there are many commercially available fountain solutions containing water-soluble additives, such as surfactants and rosins.
• water-soluble additives such as surfactants and rosins.
• the presence of additives in the fountain solution can be detrimental to the printing process. Since the fountain solution is continuously applied during the printing process, the actual amount of additive cannot be controlled, which can lead to defects in the printed materials.
• the additive can be incorporated into the ink composition rather than the fountain solution.
• inks used in the printing industry are oil-based inks, and the additives that are incorporated into the inks are oil-soluble additives (see, e.g., U.S. Patent No. 5,417,749, where the additive is a surfactant such as lecithin or an alkylpolyglucoside).
• U.S. Patent No. 5,203,926 discloses a formulation used to keep the rollers and printing plates clean and fresh so as to prevent ink from sticking to the rollers and printing plates. This is accomplished by using a cleansing solution compatible with fountain solutions used in the printing industry. However, this method requires the printing process to be stopped so that the printing plates and rollers can be wiped with a clean cloth before printing is resumed.
• fountain solutions incorporating water-soluble additives such as surfactants
• the additives provide important wetting and emulsification properties and are also used to replace alcohols in the fountain solution, which are flammable, toxic and irritating.
• U.S. Patent Nos. 7,240,615; 5,607,816; and 4,854,969; and U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0083865 disclose fountain solutions that incorporate surfactants.
• the surfactants not only facilitate the dispersion of the hydrophobic imaging compositions in the fountain solution, but also reduce ink feedback and build-up.
• U.S. Patent No. 4,724,764 discloses a dampening system used for applying fluid to the plate cylinder of printing presses. This system includes a dampening form roller, a dampening fluid transfer roller, and a conventional metering mechanism for metering the dampening fluid. The system reduces the amount of ink feedback by ensuring that the speed of the roller carrying the dampening fluid is lower than the speed of the plate cylinder.
• U.S. Patent No. 6,951,174 also describes a dampening system that reduces the amount of ink feedback and build-up.
• the system is a keyless inking system that employs a subtractive roller system that contacts the form rollers and removes excess ink and fountain solution from the form roller after printing. Utilizing these systems requires obtaining novel parts and equipment, which must then be interconnected to the lithographic press.
• web-offset lithographic ink compositions that contain a colorant, a varnish and a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant or alkoxylated modified rosin, such as an ethoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof.
• the ink compositions provided herein can be oil-based ink compositions or water-based ink compositions which can be radiation-curable ink compositions.
• the offset lithographic ink compositions provided herein can also include one or more additional ingredients, such as a vehicle, a clay, an emulsion stabilizer, a wax, an oil and an emulsifier, or any combination thereof.
• Also provided herein are methods to reduce or eliminate ink feedback and ink build-up that occurs during a web-offset lithographic printing process by providing a lithographic ink, adding a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant or alkoxylated modified rosin, such as an ethoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof, to the lithographic ink, and applying the ink to a substrate using a lithographic printing process.
• a water soluble alkyl thioether surfactant or an alkoxylated modified rosin such as an ethoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof, as an additive in a lithographic ink to reduce ink feedback and ink build-up during lithographic printing.
• Figure 1 illustrates the results of a 5 minute press trial run on a Didde press using 2 1 ⁇ 4 notches, a 20% water setting, and densities of 0.95, 0.96 and 0.99 with oil-based Ink 4 (comparative), a lower tack laser yellow ink that does not contain either an alkyl thioether surfactant or an alkoxylated modified rosin.
• Ink feedback is indicated by arrows.
• Figure 2A illustrates the results of a press trial run on a Didde press at a press speed of 100 fpm on 30# abibo paper with a 5% image using oil-based Ink 4 (comparative), a lower tack laser yellow ink that did not contain either an alkyl thioether surfactant or an alkoxylated modified rosin. After the run was complete, there was accumulation of ink feedback on the bottom ink roller.
• Figure 2B shows the results of yellow Ink 9 (containing 0.3% of a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant EnviroGem® 360), tested under the same conditions as for Figure 2A, but resulting in ink accumulation on the bottom ink roller. Ink feedback is indicated by arrows.
• Figure 3 illustrates the results of press trial runs on a Didde press using Dingley yellow laser ink with or without a water-soluble highly ethoxylated rosin additive.
• Figure 3 A shows the results of a trial that used Ink 9, a comparative ink that did not contain either an alkyl thioether surfactant or an alkoxylated modified rosin. There was significant accumulation of ink on the bottom ink roller, resulting in many scattered bands of yellow ink.
• Figure 3B shows the results of the trial after the addition of 4% of a highly alkoxylated modified rosin to the ink. There was a substantial decrease in ink feedback on the bottom ink roller. Ink feedback is indicated by arrows.
• ranges and amounts can be expressed as “about” a particular value or range. “About” also includes the exact amount. Hence “about 10%” means “about 10%” and also “10%.”
• compositions comprising "an alkyl thioether” includes compositions with one or a plurality of alkyl thioethers.
• Tinting and “ink feedback” or “feedback” refer to the weak appearance of color on a non-image area of the printed material. Tinting occurs when pigment, with or without other ink ingredients, becomes solubilized or emulsified into the fountain solution and is transferred to the non-image area of the printed material. Tinting can also occur from the formation of an inverse emulsion, i.e., when the emulsion being formed is ink-in- water rather than the necessary water-in-ink. The formation of an inverse emulsion will cause the ink to transfer back through the dampening system where it will either contaminate the fountain trough or pile on the dampening rollers.
• web-offset lithographic ink compositions that include a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant, an alkoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof.
• the alkoxylated modified rosin can be a highly alkoxylated modified rosin.
• Suitable highly alkoxylated modified rosins include highly ethoxylated modified rosins.
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions reduce, if not eliminate, ink feedback and excessive ink build-up that occurs during the web-offset lithographic printing process. Due to this feature, the ink compositions are advantageous over existing prior art web-offset lithographic ink compositions.
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions provided herein can be any type of lithographic ink.
• the web-offset lithographic inks can be oil-based inks or water-based inks.
• the inks can be radiation-curable inks, such as electron-beam cured inks or ultra-violate cured inks.
• the ink compositions can be used in any web- offset lithographic printing process where elimination of ink feedback is desired.
• the ink compositions provided herein can be used in lithographic, or offset, printing, such as high speed web-offset lithographic printing.
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions can be formulated to contain from about 0.01 to 5% of a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant or from about 1 to 10% of an alkoxylated modified rosin. In another embodiment the web-offset lithographic ink composition can be formulated to contain both a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant and an alkoxylated modified rosin. In some exemplary embodiments, the web-offset lithographic ink compositions are oil- based ink compositions. In other exemplary embodiments, the web-offset
• lithographic ink compositions are radiation-curable ink compositions, such as electron-beam curable ink compositions.
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions provided herein can include a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant.
• Water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactants are typically used in fountain solutions to improve ozone resistance and to inhibit changes in hue and to provide equilibrium surface tension reduction. These surfactants, however, have not been used as additives in web-offset lithographic inks, for example in oil-based web-offset lithographic inks.
• Suitable water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactants that can be incorporated in the ink compositions provided herein include any ether derivative where the oxygen is replaced by sulfur. Such surfactants are known in the art and can be purchased from suppliers such as Air Products
• alkyl thioethers for use in the ink compositions provided herein include 2,3-dihydroxypropyl-2'-hydroxy-3'-(2-ethylhexyloxy)propyl sulfide; 2,3-dihydroxypropyl-2'-hydroxy-3'-dodecyloxypropyl sulfide; 2,3-dihydroxypropyl- 2'-hydroxy-3'-hexadecyloxypropyl sulfide; 2,3-dihydroxypropyl-2'-hydroxy-3'- tetradecyloxypropyl sulfide; 2-hydroxyethyl-2'-hydroxy-3'-butoxypropyl sulfide; 2- hydroxyethyl-2'-hydroxy-3 '-octyloxypropyl sulfide; 2-hydroxyethyl-2'-hydroxy-3 '- nonyloxypropyl s
• EnviroGem® 360 is commercially available as EnviroGem® 360 from Air Products and Chemicals (Allentown, PA).
• EnviroGem® 360 is a high- performance nonionic superwetting and coalescing surfactant (100% active liquid).
• EnviroGem® 360 surfactant greatly reduces dynamic and equilibrium surface tension and also provides low foam and film formation/coalescing benefits.
• EnviroGem® 360 can be used in a variety of waterborne applications, for example, as a component of fountain solutions to provide efficient and effective wetting of printing plates and foam control.
• the total amount of alkyl thioether surfactant as a percentage (%) by weight of the ink composition can be, e.g., from at or about 0.01% to at or about 5%>, such as 0.01% to 0.05%, 0.01% to 0.1%, 0.01% to 0.2%, 0.01% to 0.3%, 0.01% to 0.4%, 0.01% to 0.5%, 0.01% to 0.6%, 0.01% to 0.7%, 0.01% to 0.8%, 0.01% to 0.9%, 0.01% to 1%, 0.01% to 1.5%, 0.01% to 2%, 0.01% to 2.5%, 0.01% to 3%, 0.01% to 3.5%, 0.01% to 4%, 0.01% to 4.5%, 0.01% to 5%, 0.05% to 0.1%, 0.05% to 0.2%, 0.05% to 0.3%, 0.05% to 0.4%, 0.05% to 0.5%, 0.05% to 0.6%, 0.05% 0.05%
• the ink compositions contain less than 5% alkyl thioether surfactant.
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions provided herein contain up to at or about 0.01%, 0.1 %>, 0.2%>, 0.3%>, 0.4%, 0.5%, 0.6%, 0.7%, 0.8%, 0.9%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 3.5%, 4%, 4.5% or 5% alkyl thioether surfactant, based on the weight of the composition.
• exemplary web-offset lithographic ink compositions that contain a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant.
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions provided herein can be used to reduce or eliminate ink feedback and build-up that commonly occurs during the lithographic printing process.
• Exemplary of such ink compositions contain an oil-based ink and from at or about 0.01% to at or about 5% of a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant.
• the ink compositions can contain an oil-based ink and at or about 0.3% of a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant.
• Rosin is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vaporize the volatile liquid terpene components. Rosin is mainly a mixture of C 2 o, tricyclic fused-ring, monocarboxylic acids, typified by the free acid form (i.e., abietic acid), represented by the following formula:
• Rosins can be modified, such as by the addition of functional groups.
• a rosin can be modified by adding one or more alkoxy groups.
• a rosin can be modified so that it is a highly alkoxylated modified rosin.
• a highly alkoxylated modified rosin is a rosin that is more than or about 10% alkoxylated, but less than or about 70% alkoxylated.
• the highly alkoxylated modified rosins used in the ink compositions provided herein can between from or between about from 10% alkoxylated to 70% alkoxylated, such as 10% to 20%, 10% to 30%, 10% to 40%, 10% to 45%, 10% to 50%, 10% to 55%, 10% to 60%, 10% to 70%, 20% to 30%, 20% to 40%, 20% to 45%, 20% to 50%, 20% to 55%, 20% to 60%, 20% to 70%, 30% to 40%, 30% to 45%, 30% to 50%, 30% to 55%, 30% to 60%, 30% to 70%, 40% to 45%, 40% to 50%, 40% to 55%, 40% to 60%, 40% to 70%, 50% to 55%, 50% to 60%, 50% to 70%, 55% to 60%, 55% to 70%, and 60% to 70% alkoxylated.
• 10% alkoxylated to 70% alkoxylated such as 10% to 20%, 10% to 30%, 10% to 40%, 10% to 45%, 10% to 50%, 10% to 55%, 10% to 60%, 10% to 70%, 20% to 30%, 20% to 40%, 20% to 45%,
• the alkoxylated modified rosin is less than 70% alkoxylated.
• the alkoxylated modified rosins used in the ink compositions provided herein are at least or about at least 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, but less than 70% alkoxylated.
• Suitable rosins that can be modified by alkoxylation and used in the ink compositions provided herein include gum rosin, wood rosin and tall oil rosin.
• Highly alkoxylated modified rosin compounds are also typically used in the printing industry as a component of fountain solutions, but have not been used as additives to web-offset lithographic inks.
• Suitable alkoxylated modified rosins that can be incorporated in the compositions provided herein include alkoxylated modified rosins such as methoxy modified (i.e., methoxylated) rosins, ethoxy modified (i.e., ethoxylated) rosins, propoxy modified (i.e., propoxylated) rosins, butoxy modified (i.e., butoxylated) rosins, and any other alkoxy modified rosin that will be known to those of skill in the art.
• alkoxylated modified rosins such as methoxy modified (i.e., methoxylated) rosins, ethoxy modified (i.e., ethoxylated) rosins, propoxy modified (i.e., propoxylated) rosins, butoxy modified (i.e., butoxylated) rosins, and any other alkoxy modified rosin that will be known to those of
• modified rosins are known in the art and can be purchased from suppliers such as Ethox Chemicals (Greenville, SC), Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN), Lawter (Chicago, IL) and MWV (Richmond, VA).
• Ethox 4614 (Ethox Chemicals, Greenville, SC).
• Ethox 4614 is a water-soluble highly ethoxylated modified rosin that is at least 50% ethoxylated.
• the total amount of alkoxylated modified rosin as a percentage (%>) by weight of the composition can be, e.g., from at or about 0.1% to at or about 10%, such as 0.1% to 0.5%, 0.1% to 0.75%, 0.1% to 1%, 0.1 % to 1.5%, 0.1% to 2%, 0.1% to 2.5%, 0.1% to 3%, 0.1 % to 3.5%, 0.1% to 4%, 0.1% to 4.5%, 0.1% to 5%, 0.1% to 5.5%, 0.1% to 6%, 0.1% to 6.5%, 0.1% to 7%, 0.1% to 7.5%, 0.1% to 8%, 0.1% to 8.5%, 0.1% to 9%, 0.1% to 9.5%, 0.1% to 10%, 0.5% to 0.75%, 0.5% to 1%, 0.5% to 1.5%, 0.5% to 2%, 0.5% to 2.5%, 0.5% to 3%, 0.5% to 3.5%, 0.5% to 4%, 0.5% to 4.5%, 0.5% to 5%, 0.5%, 0.5% to 5%, 0.5%, 0.5%
• the compositions contain less than 10 wt% alkoxylated modified rosin.
• the compositions provided herein can contain up to at or about 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, or 10% alkoxylated modified rosin, based on the weight of the ink composition.
• Provided herein are exemplary web-offset lithographic ink compositions that contain an alkoxylated modified rosin.
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions provided herein can be used to reduce or eliminate ink feedback and build-up that commonly occurs during the lithographic printing process.
• Exemplary of such ink compositions contain an oil-based ink and from at or about 0.1% to at or about 10% of an alkoxylated modified rosin.
• the ink compositions can contain an oil-based ink and at or about 3% of an alkoxylated modified rosin.
• the ink compositions can contain an oil-based ink and at or about 4% of an alkoxylated modified rosin.
• Another exemplary embodiment contains a radiation- curable ink and from at or about 0.1% to at or about 10% of an alkoxylated modified rosin.
• the ink compositions can contain a radiation-curable ink, such as an electron-beam cured ink, and at or about 3% of an alkoxylated modified rosin.
• web-offset lithographic ink compositions containing a water-soluble alkyl thioester surfactant, an alkoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof.
• the web-offset lithographic inks used in the compositions provided herein can be oil-based inks or water-based inks.
• the web-offset lithographic inks can be radiation-curable inks, such as electron-beam cured or ultra-violet cured inks.
• the web-offset lithographic inks used in the compositions provided herein can contain a large number of components, including, but not limited to those listed below in Table 1.
• an oil-based ink composition can include, for example, one or more ingredients selected from among varnishes, vehicles (gel, insert or G80), clays, pigment bases, emulsion stabilizers, waxes, water, gel linseed, linseed oil, castor oil, soy oil, lubricants, emulsifiers and oils.
• varnishes such as the gel vehicle
• vehicles gel, insert or G80
• clays such as in the exemplary ink compositions provided herein
• emulsion stabilizers such as in the exemplary ink compositions provided herein
• the amount of varnish such as the gel vehicle, can be decreased or increased, respectively.
• Soybean oil Soybean oil Soybean oil
• the web-offset lithographic ink compositions provided herein contain a water- soluble alkyl thioether surfactant or an alkoxylated modified rosin, such as a highly ethoxylated modified rosin, or a combination thereof.
• the ink compositions provided herein can be oil-based inks or water-based inks.
• the inks can be radiation-curable inks, such as electron-beam cured or ultra-violet cured. Use of these ink compositions in printing, for example in web-offset lithographic printing, improves printing and reduces or eliminates ink feedback and ink build-up, key problems in lithography.
• the ink compositions can be used in a wide variety of printing applications, such as in heat-set offset ink printing, sheet fed printing, newspaper printing, and energy-curable offset ink printing. C. EXAMPLES
• Examples of representative web-offset lithographic oil-based ink compositions in various colors that include one or more of the components identified in Table 1 are Inks 1-4, described in Table 2 below.
• the oil-based ink compositions shown in Table 2 are only examples of typical oil-based inks that do not contain a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant or alkoxylated modified rosin and should not be viewed as limiting.
• Table 3 provides exemplary web-offset lithographic oil-based ink compositions that contain 0.3% of a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant, EnviroGem® 360 (Air Products, Allentown, PA). These compositions are simply exemplary and should not be viewed as limiting.
• tack The importance of tack is that it is not so excessive that it doesn't allow effective transfer of ink from the rollers to the plate and then to the blanket and on to the substrate being printed. Inks can also be tack "graded" in descending sequence to allow for better trapping of one color over another. Inks with too much tack can cause the surface of the paper to pick off and interfere with transfer onto subsequent printing units and copies.
• Tack can be measured using an inkometer as generally available on the market.
• the inkometer is able to provide reliable data on ink tack by simulating the dynamic conditions that occur in the printing process.
• the inkometer In testing tack, the inkometer actually measures the integrated forces involved in ink film splitting and the effects of speed, film thickness, temperature and solvent evaporation on these forces.
• test results are given in numerical values (in gram-meters) representing the torque required to "work" the ink film at known rates, with predetermined film thickness and temperature. These torque readings are actually measurements of the tack of the ink.
• the electronic inkometer simplifies ink testing with push-button operation and a digital display of temperature, tack, RPM and test time.
• a Thwing- Albert Inkometer West Berlin, NJ was used.
• Laray viscometer determines the viscosity of a wide range of liquids and viscous materials by measuring the time required for a rod to travel a specified distance.
• the viscosity of a liquid can be measured using a Laray viscometer, a Laray Timer TMI 92-15 (0.00 second resolution), a temperature probe capable of measuring in 0.5°C increments, a Laray computer program, a water bath maintained at 25 ⁇ 1°C, approximately 2 to 3.5 grams of sample fluid or liquid and a spatula.
• the instruments should be checked for cleanliness and overall proper condition.
• the Laray viscometer should be leveled.
• the temperature should also be checked and the instrument should be controlled at 25 ⁇ 1°C.
• a draft-controlled cabinet can be used to maintain the temperature of 25 ⁇ 1°C.
• the Laray rod can be wetted using the spatula without overworking the sample.
• the liquid sample is preferably deposited uniformly around the Laray rod. Consistency in this initial step for testing different samples is likely to result in more consistent data.
• the Laray rod can then be dropped into the fluid sample using force sufficient to equal a drop time of approximately one second.
• a weight capable of dropping the rod within the specified time range can be selected and adjusted as appropriate for each drop sequence listed in Table 4. It is generally preferable to avoid or minimize multiple drops for each time range.
• the weight, in kilograms, and the time, in seconds, should be recorded along with the collar temperature in degrees Centigrade. The recorded test data can then be uploaded to the Laray program that can calculate the viscosity, yield value, and shortness ratio.
• the results can be recorded from these calculations.
• the yield value at 2.5 sec " shear rate is the hypothetical force required to initiate flow and is measured in dynes/cm .
• the shortness ratio is the ratio of yield value to viscosity.
• Vertis Laray method involves preparing a sample and placing the sample on the Laray rod as described above. A 700g weight is then placed on the rod before it is dropped. The rod is then pulled back so that the sample can be redistributed around the collar and the rod. The rod is then dropped two consecutive times with the 700g weight while recording the time. The drop-times are preferably within + 0.1 seconds of each other. The average of the drop times is set as the initial time. The rod can then be dropped three more times: once with a 500g weight, once with a 300g weight, and once with a lOOg weight. The time should be recorded for each drop. The collar temperature should also be recorded in degree Centigrade. The recorded data is then uploaded into the Laray program which can then calculate the viscosity, yield value, and shortness ratio as defined above.
• the web-offset lithographic oil-based ink compositions were tested to compare the effect the presence of a water-soluble alkyl thioether surfactant had on ink feedback and ink build-up. Testing involved a web offset heat-set press (Didde Corporation, Springboro, OH).
• Ink 9 is an oil-based Dingley yellow laser ink that did not contain any alkoxylated modified rosin. The exemplified
• compositions are oil-based ink compositions that contained about 3% or about 4% of a water-soluble highly ethoxylated rosin, Ethox 4614 (Ethox Chemicals, Greenville, SC).
• Phenolic free flow varnish 2 0.0 0.0 0.0
• formulations are set forth in Table 8 below, where the "pigment” of Inks 13-18 is cyan, magenta, yellow, black, green, or brown, respectively.
• Aldehyde resin (Laropal® A81 ; BASF;

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