IPA Vs. Alcohol-Free, Why Does Alcohol-Free Fount Fail?

In offset lithography, the dampening rollers transfer the press ready, diluted fountain solution to the printing plate as a way to render the non-image areas of the plate ink-repellent.  Isopropyl alcohol, (Isopropanol or IPA) has been, and in some parts of the world still is used, as a popular dampening solution additive because of the […]

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