Polymeric materials constitute an integral ingredient in any ink composition. However, ink chemists, due to a strong historical link, prefer to call them resins. Here the chemistry connection reflecting the chemical nature of these compounds takes a back stage in front of the rigid web of habit of calling it by a trivial name. In the beginning, man turned to nature for his needs. All of the materials he used were directly taken from natural sources in the early stages of the synthesis of human ...