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2. Brayer - Wikipedia

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   A brayer is a hand-tool used historically in printing and printmaking to break up and "rub out" (spread) ink, before it was "beaten" using inking balls or composition rollers. A brayer consists of a short wooden cylinder with a handle fitted to one end; the other, flat end is used to rub the ink. [1]

3. Ink ball - Wikipedia

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   By the mid- to late-19th century, they had been largely superseded by the composition roller and the rubber roller or "brayer". [4] [5] The replacing of the labor-intensive ink balls, which had to be worked by hand, with mechanized rollers was a key factor to the growth of mechanized printing machines in the 19th century. [6]

4. Baren (printing tool) - Wikipedia

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   Nik Semenoff has developed a palm press that serves as a baren replacement, made with a number of roller bearings alternating on two close spaced shafts in a small hand held mounting. The bearings have negligible friction and the pressures achievable are suitable for some offset lithography printing, though wider spacing of fewer contact points ...

5. Composition roller - Wikipedia

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   A composition roller is a tool used in letterpress printing to apply ink to a bed of type in a printing press. It consists of a cylinder made of a substance known as "roller composition" or simply "composition", a mixture of hide glue and sugar (in the form of molasses or treacle ), with various additives such as glycerin depending on the ...

6. Duplicating machines - Wikipedia

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   The outside of the drum is covered in screens and the inside is coated in ink. The screens make sure the ink flow is regulated. The paper is fed to the drum, and the ink only comes through the master material where there are holes. A pressure roller presses the paper to the drum and transfers the ink to the paper to form the image.

7. List of pen types, brands and companies - Wikipedia

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   A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.