Aqueous ink having an extended cap-off time and process of manufacture thereof

In a process of manufacturing an aqueous ink having an extended cap-off time for writing, drawing, painting and/or printing on normal paper or other absorbent writing carriers, for use in fountain pens, ballpoint pens or stencil pen or pencils, in felt-tip pens, as well as in ink-jet systems and/or other capillary duct writing devices or systems, the ink being comprised of water as a predominant or exclusive solvent, one of hydrocolloid and polysaccharide as binding agent or film-forming agent, moist-keeping agents, coloring agents, emulsifying agents and possible additional additives, the improvement comprising manufacturing the ink as an oil-in-water emulsion, further comprising the steps of preparing a bees wax emulsion and a gum arabic solution, preparing a basic mixture of the bees wax emulsion and the gum arabic solution and adding a moist-keeping agent and an emulsifying agent, preparing an initial mixture from solvent, preservative and buffer agent, preparing a coloring solution by adding a dye to the initial mixture, and preparing the ink by stirring the basic mixture into the coloring solution.