The present invention involves an ink for transferring a printed image from a membrane to a substrate. The ink comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, a synthetic resin, and a thixotrope for forming a thixotropic network in the ink. The hydrocarbon solvent has a predetermined evaporation rate and the thixotropic network of the ink has a thixotropic network magnitude of between about 3.times.10.sup.4 and 6.times.10.sup.5 dynes/cm.sup.2-sec.sup.-1 and a thixotropic network strength of at least about 35.0 gm-cm.