Best ink for printing on paper?

[sonicyouthbh1]

Hello,  I'm looking to purchase a Pantone matching system for printing on paper (poster and fine art prints).  Any suggestions?  thanks!

[ericheartsu]

speedball acrylic is what most flatstock poster printers use.

[UnderPressureSP]

There is not really a mixing system.   I use tw graphics 5500 series and add pigments with matsui, rutland, tw, and nazadar.   I have a pantone book and match to that based on color theory.  You can use a color pigment system to give you a idea of what pigments you need to use but the bases are all different so you have to wing how of each pigment you need.  The best reference is a pantone book and a dry swatch of ink on the paper your printing on to determine color matching and to write down your recipe.    Good luck!

[UnderPressureSP]

The best ink I have used to date has been nazdars solvent poster ink but it was not worth the headache so tw water ink won 2nd best. 

[ericheartsu]

if either of you guys want some speedball ink, i have pallets of it. some of it's used, most is un-opened.

[Ryan]

Pretty sure permaset makes a mixing system for that. their permaprint line.

[ZooCity]

We do like Underpressure does.  TW5500 is a very aggressive drying ink however.  Speedball is a little more friendly but I don't personally care for it. 

[rusty]

Speedball is the most economical choice but TW leaves a much better looking print. We use a combo of the two. A lot of times we will get TW clear base and mix in speedball colors for matching. You can tell the difference when you use TW. Nazdar looks great but is a headache and smells terrible so you literally get a headache.

If you choose to use just speedball don't go under 200 mesh or you will get air bubbles that will show in the print.