Everybody Happy ☺ With Their Printing Ink ?!?!

[D Ink Man]

Just wondering how you know that ink is good or bad?
Thanks!
DeltaE

Firstly is RUNNABILITY and second is PRINTABILTY. And ink that is consistent, batch to batch. That is all it is. D Ink Man

 

[turbotom1052]

Flint has a large array of novavite series inks. Most are Duct fresh. Must be a specific version that’s non duct fresh. Damn near impossible to find companies that still supply non duct fresh ink thanks to lazy operators.

Luke conventional inks with a drying package are still available and actually preferred if your printing sheetfed on uncoated paper.

 

[turbotom1052]

Firstly is RUNNABILITY and second is PRINTABILTY. And ink that is consistent, batch to batch. That is all it is. D Ink Man

I still place an inks ability to dry pretty high up on the list.

 

[Lukew]

Luke conventional inks with a drying package are still available and actually preferred if your printing sheetfed on uncoated paper.

Depends what country. My Country is flooded with duct fresh inks. There’s actually not one supplier who sells a non-duct fresh ink. Other then fully oxidising tsp inks.
Press operators are the cause of this as they don’t wish to wash up ducts at end of shift.
Toyo nv100 nex although duct fresh DOES actually DRY thoroughly and brings with a high level of rub resistance.
Not forgetting a fountain solution could be the cause for one disliking a particular ink.

 

[D Ink Man]

I still place an inks ability to dry pretty high up on the list.

If the ink is not drying, it will not be running or printing. I would say that is pretty much a given. D

 

[cementary]

Do anyone have experience with PURE inks from Epple?