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
I don't know about others, but I have found it almost impossible to find offset printing equipment manuals online. Rarely, does a manual come standard with a piece of used offset printing equipment. Printing equipment is of course highly specialized, but it seems that you can acquire almost any used appliance somewhere online. Here's just a couple: http://www.manualsonline.com/ http://www.appliance411.com/ None of these have any offset press manuals. Unfortunately it is usually up to the pressman through trial and error to "discover" how equipment works. We have gone through great pains to acquire some press manuals in the past year - some were free and some cost dearly. However now that we have them all, I want to share with you the methods we went through to get them. 1. Contact the original equipment manufacturer. Of all the options, this should be the easiest, albeit most expensive. Anything is available for a price, right? If