pigment and reinforcing filler is as follows ______________________________________ desirable optimum extent extent______________________________________vehicle wt parts 60 97 80 90pigment wt parts 3 40 10 20______________________________________ the mixing ratio may be varied according to the use of the ink so that the present invention is not intended to be limited to the above ranges these resin resinates when used as either grind type or let down type vehicles or both in inks offer significant increases in rub abrasion and gloss with no detriment to other pertinent properties of the ink film abrasion resistance as measured on a taber abrasion tester may increase by 200 300 when used at equal amounts against more conventional resin resinates sutherland rub test also shows increases of 50 100 with 10 increase in gloss as well as equal blocking the following examples are provided to further illustrate the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention in any manner all parts are parts by weight unless otherwise stated a hard resin precursor was formed by adding to a suitable reaction kettle under a nitrogen blanket 10 000 pounds of tall oil rosin the rosin was heated to 170 u00b0 c and the nitrogen turned off at which time.