Energy-curable news ink containing soy oil
AssigneeFlint Group
InventorsRodney Balmer, Michael Hazell, Thomas Mawby
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Abstract
An energy curable ink composition comprising an acrylate-functional derivative of soybean oil and one or more further acrylate-functional materials is suitable for printing on a cold-set lithographic press and is cured by exposure to an actinic radiation source located on the press.
Claims12
An energy curable ink composition comprising an acrylate-functional derivative of soybean oil and one or more further acrylate-functional materials, wherein the ink composition is suitable for printing on a cold-set lithographic press.
A method of printing with a newspaper cold-set lithographic press, comprising steps of:
- printing a newspaper with cold-set news ink;
- printing an energy curable ink composition comprising an acrylate-functional derivative of soybean oil and one or more further acrylate-functional materials, curing the printed ink with actinic radiation from a source located on the press.
A newspaper cold-set lithographic press comprising a source of actinic radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.