For offset lithography, which accounts for greater than 80 percent of commercial and publication printing ink sales, 2000 was a mixed bag. While both litho sheetfed and litho heatset posted gains, rising raw material costs, price pressures and printer consolidation constrained growth rates, making ink companies and their customers turn a cautious eye towards the coming year. One major development of the last year in the offset market was undoubtedly the raising of prices by both Flint Ink and Su...