Abstract
This paper introduces the recent trend of lithographic ink's consumption in Japan, the fundamental knowledge and the recent technical trend of lithographic inks for the technical peoples who have been engaged in paper manufacturing industry and work for manufacturing recycled paper from the environmentally friendly point of view.
In the section of the fundamental knowledge of lithographic ink, the composition, the major materials, the production procedure of lithographic ink, the drying method of ink and the relationship between the flow property and drying property of ink and the temperature of atmosphere are described.
In the section of the recent technical trend of lithographic inks, the technical countermeasures to high speed printing, high quality printing, environmental protection and the international standardization of colorimetric values for offset & news inks are described.
