In the 1930s, Magie Bros. helped pioneer the first solvents for use in heatset printing inks. Since that time, Magie has dedicated itself to the industry, providing a constant source of innovation, stability and reliability. Our products are known worldwide and are the preferred choice for use in many of North America's best-known publications. We also offer a full line of low aromatic solvents specifically designed for high-quality sheetfed inks.

Magie is always looking to the future, anticipating changing markets and providing products to meet these needs. Our mission is to support the industry's growth through the development of new petroleum specialties with unique performance and application characteristics.

Magie's technical department is supported by on-site customer service laboratories at each manufacturing facility. Our ink laboratory in Karns City, Pennsylvania and Penreco's Advanced Technology Group in The Woodlands, Texas are always available for special projects.

Heat-Set Ink Solvents
Magie's solvents are produced from a constant source of domestic crude oil. This eliminates the variability when blending different crude streams and reduces the amount of process unit adjustment necessary to produce a consistent product. The heat-set process uses drying ovens to evaporate the ink solvent out of the substrate. The ink is then set and dries by oxidation. Magie's heat-set solvents are ideal due to their narrow boiling ranges, which allow the ink to set properly onto the substrate as it exits the press dryer.

The solubility characteristics of our ink solvents are also very consistent. This is extremely important and reduces the amount of batch adjustments required in the production of vehicle systems and flushed pigment. Magie solvents are so consistent that many ink laboratories use them as reference solvents to evaluate resins and vehicles. In fact, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) requested MagieSol 47 be listed as an industry standard solvent for test purposes. Further technical benefits may be discussed by calling Magie directly at 800-MAGIE 47.

Heat-Set Solvents Technical Data Sheets

 MagieSol 44
 MagieSol 47
 MagieSol 47LX
 MagieSol 52
 MagieSol 470 Oil
 MagieSol 500 Oil
 Magie 4700 Oil
 Magie 5200 Oil
 EXK 385 (MSO)

Sheet-Fed Ink Solvents
Magie's solvents are produced from a constant source of domestic crude oil. This eliminates the variability of blending different crude streams and reduces the amount of process unit adjustment necessary to produce a consistent product. The sheet-fed process is generally printed on coated stock. Micro-pores in the stock provide capillary action. This action preferentially draws the lighter molecular weight portion of the ink solvent down into the substrate. This causes the resin to precipitate out onto the stock. The ink is then set and dries by oxidation.

Magie's solvents are ideal for sheet-fed printing because of their unique carbon distribution and narrow boiling ranges. The narrow boiling range allows a system to be designed on the edge of physical solubility so that it will perform properly on a high-speed press without the drying problems that are associated with wider boiling solvents. Solvency power of our ink oils is also very consistent, which reduces resin kick-out and vehicle incompatibility problems associated with batch-to-batch processing. Further technical advantages may be discussed by calling Magie at 800-MAGIE 47.

Sheet-Fed Solvents Technical Data Sheets
 MagieSol 52
 Magie 5200-HTX
 MagieSol 55LX
 MagieSol 60
 MagieSol 65LX
 EXK 385 (MSO)