At 12:01 PM -0700 9/25/01, Me wrote:
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>I have a question. If Paper is dampened w/ water, wouldn't that repel oil
>based ink?
I think that the water makes the paper more pliable, and
the pressure of the press forces the paper into the recessed
areas of the plate so that the ink is taken up by the paper
mechanically - effectively pushing the water out of the way.
--Received on Tue Sep 25 18:04:23 2001
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