Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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powdering

A printing defect caused by the vehicle and pigment separating during or following printing. The vehicle penetrates the paper but the pigment is left lying loosely on the surface. The defect is caused either by an ink that is too mobile, or by a paper that is too absorbent. (140 )




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