As the ink industry closed the books on 2004, there were some signs that 2005 would be much different than the previous few years, beginning with the sense that sales rose at the end of 2004. There were also much-needed price increases implemented by ink manufacturers in response to the drastically rising raw material costs they were facing. There were even some moves on the M&A front, particularly the acquisition of BASF Printing Systems and ANI Printing Inks by CVC Capital Partners. In ad...