Forensic Examination of Ink and Paper

By Richard L. Brunelle, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Rockville, Maryland, and Robert W. Reed, Riva, Maryland. CONTENTS: Introduction; The History of the Development of Writing Inks; Their Properties and Compositions, The Manufacture of Writing Inks; Writing Instruments: Definitions and Nomenclature; Printing Inks; Typewriter Ribbon Inks; Erasable Inks; The Forensic Examination of Inks; The Dating of Inks; Historical Develop ment of Paper and the Paper Manufacturing Process; A Partial Compendium of Paper Industry Terms Watermarks; Methods for the Forensic Examination of Paper; Court Acceptability: Applications of Forensic Paper and Ink Analysis.