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US 8,132,507 B2Granted
Energy-curable news ink containing soy oil
AssigneeFlint Group
InventorsRodney P. Balmer, Michael P. Hazell, Thomas R. 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.
Claims5
A method of printing with a cold-set lithographic press, comprising steps of:
- printing on the press an absorbent substrate with cold-set news ink;
- printing at least one of nonabsorbent and semi-absorbent substrates on the press with an energy curable ink composition comprising from about 7% by weight to about 12% by weight of an acrylate-functional derivative of soybean oil and one or more further acrylate-functional materials, curing the ink on the printed substrate with actinic radiation from a source located on the press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.