Introduction Printing ink is so much more than just the black stuff that you put on a page. It has been around for thousands of years, and it's been used in everything from newspaper presses to digital printers. As you can see, we're not talking about offset printing ink which is oil based. I want to have a little fun and talk about how you can make your own ink for your printer. At home! Ready? Ingredients You will need the following ingredients: Soot (5 tbsp) : This is as purest as it gest. You can make the soot yourself by holding a glass up to a flame. This will allow you to slowly accumulate the soot. Water (2 tbsp): For the base of your ink, use distilled water so that you don't introduce any impurities into the mix. Distilled water is also easier to clean up than tap water because there are no minerals or residue left behind from tap water. Alcohol (2 tbsp) (grain alcohol): This ingredient works as a preservative for your ink and allows it to last for several mo
As an offset printing pressman, what should my salary be in 2020? How much money should I be making? If your like me, this question about salary pops in your mind every time you get paid. Probably not enough, right? I would like to share with you how much the pressman make that I have worked with as well as some factors that make a difference how much they got paid. I have worked in four different pressrooms in 22 years on six different presses. Though we never openly spoke about it, somehow we knew how much the other got paid. Additionally, I have friends in the industry who volunteered the information. Here's how much they made. A first pressman on a web press in the places I've worked in the past 10 years made anywhere from 33 to 39 dollars per hour. The salary graduated down to barely above minimum wage for the newbie. Sheetfed pressmen were usually paid in high 20's if they were skilled and worked with four color. Now that raises some quest