Gum rosin based resin is widely used in manufacturing of offset printing inks, because of its robust chemical and physical properties. However, another by-product obtained in the kraft pulping process, by distillation of crude tall oil is tall oil rosin. The rosin acid content in the tall oil rosin makes the resin made from it especially of interest to the ink maker. Moreover, tall oil resin offers some economic benefit over gum resin. This work involves exploring the viability of using inks made from tall oil rosin based resin and whether it can be used as a suitable substitute for gum rosin based resin, especially for being used in package printing purposes, which requires ink having good gloss and quick-drying properties at the same time. In this work a varnish was made from tall oil resin and was characterized. Finally complete process set of finished inks were made from both tall oil resin and gum resin and their properties were compared.