The smudge factor

In the printing world, there are only two kinds of inks. The first is the ink that does not smudge and the second is that one that does. You can see the first kind on books or other related publications. These are desktop based printing. The second kind is more prominent in newspapers and other commercial printing.

How these kinds of inks are used may vary from one purpose to another. Obviously when it is commercial printing, you are not much into the quality but on quantity. So it doesn’t have to be perfect and polished.

Desktop and document types have the opposite purpose. For presentation purposes, inks should be made to perfection.

Whatever the intentions, the answer to this is more technical. It boils down to using the proper ink, paper and printing method. These are the three factors that will ensure which category your prints will fall into.

Will they smudge or will they not? The answer lies on how you go about the printing process. And of course, the purposes behind them.