Modern printing ink

I have a query about a particular ink printed on white paper from
the 1970's to mid 1990's.  The documents are simply text printed on
paper.  The ink is causing the leaves to adhere to adjacent leaves.
One document printed over several leaves essentially becomes a block
of paper where the leaves are all stuck together.  Any attempt by
the Archivists to separate the leaves results in the ink
transferring onto the back of the leaves above.  When put back
together the ink will adhere to adjacent leaves again.  The
documents can be interleaved with acid free tissue but this does not
stop the ink from repeatedly transferring onto the tissue when it is
accessed.  The text has not been typewritten.

I would be interested to hear from anyone who knows more about this
ink and how others have chosen to house such documents with similar
characteristics.

Sarah Bashir
Preservation Assistant
Church of England


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