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The process of printing now known as flexography originated during the latter part of the nineteenth century. This process which was first called aniline printing used simple inks that were water or alcohol solutions of coal tar dyes derived from aniline oil, the substrate being paper generally for bag making.
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Wyatt, F.C. (1988). Flexographic Inks. In: Leach, R.H., Armstrong, C., Brown, J.F., Mackenzie, M.J., Randall, L., Smith, H.G. (eds) The Printing Ink Manual. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7097-0_8
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