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binder, binding agent/vehicle

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binder, binding agent/vehicle (In French liant) in printing ink, the carrier substance that surrounds the individual pigment particles and allows them to adhere to the substrate; is also responsible for viscosity and the drying mechanism; in offset, book and screen printing inks: resins (also UV-curing), drying/non-drying mineral and vegetable oils; in gravure and flexo printing inks: solvents, including water.