Improved solution rosin resinate for publication gravure inks

摘要

A gravure printing ink comprising, a vehicle having a binder dissolved in a hydrocarbon solvent and a pigment dispersed therein, wherein the binder is a modified rosin resinate prepared by reacting a rosin modified by reaction with a dienophile to form a rosin adduct, and reacting the rosin adduct with from about 0.1% to about 5.0% by weight of the resinate of a reactive compound of a metal belonging to Group I of the Periodic Table to form a resinate.