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GREASY INK [5 records]

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Record 1 2005-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

[A greasy] ink of resinous constituency used as an acid resist in conjunction with etching powders applied to the inked print or plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

Having the property of being wet by greasy ink in preference to water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

Tacky ink used in letterpress and offset printing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Encre à vernis gras, principalement destinée à l'impression typographique ou offset, par opposition aux encres d'héliogravure ou de flexographie à solvants volatils.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

A black liquid which produces a greasy film on the printing areas of an offset plate and prepares it for receiving the ink.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

En photolithographie, matière graisseuse qui, répandue sur les surfaces imprimantes de la plaque, sert à les protéger et à les rendre réceptives à l'encre au cours du développement, de la morsure et du gommage de la plaque.

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts
DEF

A water-miscible black fluid that contains the greasy ingredients of lithographic crayon, used in lithography for drawing the design on the stone or plate with a brush or pen.(...) is used to create effects that are less readily accomplished with the crayon. Lines and areas applied with a brush or pen tend to print solid black and lack the grainy crayon effect. [It] should never be called ink; the latter term is reserved for the printing ink with which the proofs are made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
CONT

Une lithographie à la plume ou au pinceau est exécutée avec une encre spéciale dite encre lithographique qui, si elle se présente sous divers aspects, contient toujours les mêmes substances de base: des corps gras, de la gomme laque et du noir de fumée.

Key term(s)
  • tusche
  • encre litho
  • encre opaque

Spanish

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