Cranfield traditional letterpress inks

Making a better impression

Letterpress printers no longer have to doctor inks intended for other uses, like lithography or etching. Instead they can choose our dedicated letterpress inks, tailor-made for wood engraving and all letterpress printing.

This is a range of interesting subtly toned blacks designed to give nuanced printed results. Their simple, traditional formulation of pigments, finely ground in linseed oil, is designed with optimum viscosity to avoid ‘ink squash’, yet achieve good paper penetration resulting in a smooth and rich print.

• Colours
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Colour swatch	Product name	Properties
	Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Carbon Black BKC 1826	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black
	Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Ivy Black BKC 1828	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PG7 (C.I 74260) Polychlorinated copper phthalocyanine
	Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Seville Black BKC 1829	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PO34 (C.I 21115) Disazopyrazolone (diarylamide)
	Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Plum Black BKC 1830	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PR112 (C.I 12370) Monoazo Red (napthol)
	Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Midnight Black BKC 1831	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PB1 (C.I 42595.1) PMTA Blue
	Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Graphite Black BKC 1832	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PM1 (C.I 77000) Powdered Aluminium

Traditional Letterpress Ink

 

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Product name	Properties
Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Carbon Black BKC 1826	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black

Additional Information

An un-toned mid-shade black. Made with
traditional Carbon Black pigment, PBk 7

 

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Product name	Properties
Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Ivy Black BKC 1828	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PG7 (C.I 74260) Polychlorinated copper phthalocyanine

Additional Information

Black with a hint of cool, crisp Green. Made with traditional Carbon Black
and a hint of Phthalo Green, PG 7

 

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Product name	Properties
Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Seville Black BKC 1829	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PO34 (C.I 21115) Disazopyrazolone (diarylamide)

Additional Information

Black with a hint of Citrus
A deep, intense orange-shade black
with a warm C.Itrus dimension. Made with
traditional carbon black and a hint
of Orange Pyrazolone, PO 13.

 

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Product name	Properties
Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Plum Black BKC 1830	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PR112 (C.I 12370) Monoazo Red (napthol)

Additional Information

Black with a hint of deep red
A deep, rich, red-shade Black. Made with
traditional carbon black and a hint of
Rouge Rubis (Napthol Red) PR 112

 

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Product name	Properties
Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Midnight Black BKC 1831	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PB1 (C.I 42595.1) PMTA Blue

Additional Information

Black with a hint of deep blue
A cool, dense blue shade black. Made with
a hint of intense Victoria Blue, PB 62

 

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Product name	Properties
Cranfield Traditional Letterpress Ink Graphite Black BKC 1832	Semi Opaque PBk7 (C.I 77266) Furnace carbon black | PM1 (C.I 77000) Powdered Aluminium

Additional Information

Black with a hint of silver
A soft, metallic-black with a lovely silver sheen.
Made with carbon black and a hint of opaque
metallic silver pigment to impart a unique ‘
lead penC.Il’ effect to the print.

 

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