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- Dec. 16, 1991: Business Notes:Innovations
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Dec. 16, 1991 The Smile of Freedom
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 60
- Business Notes
- INNOVATIONS
- Out, Out, Damned Spot!
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- <p> For years, avid readers of the New York Times took part of
- their favorite paper with them wherever they went--whether
- they wanted to or not. The ink that went into "All the News
- That's Fit to Print" was notorious for its tendency to rub off
- onto the hands and subsequently the face, the clothes, the
- furniture and the walls of whoever touched it. Enterprising
- merchants peddled special gloves readers could wear while
- working their way through the paper.
- </p>
- <p> Last week, the Times announced that it has cleaned up its
- act. After a year of testing, a new ink has been introduced at
- the paper's two printing plants. The Times touts it as
- "reducing ruboff by 60 percent." The innovative ink was
- developed for the Times by New Jersey-based Sun Chemical, the
- world's largest ink company. The move brings the local Times up
- to the standard of the national edition, already printed with
- tidier inks. Those few who think smudginess is next to godliness
- needn't fear, however: according to the Times, about half the
- dailies in America still use the traditional, rubbable ink.
- </p>
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