Answer:

inked

Answer	Crossword Clue
INKED	Affixed one's John Hancock to
INKED	Signed, as a contract
INKED	Tattooed, perhaps

INKED	Used a brayer
INKED	Readied, as a printing press
INKED	Like stamp pads
INKED	Ready for stamping
INKED	Signed
INKED	Used a well, maybe
INKED	Dipped in a well, maybe
INKED	Signed in pen

INKED	Readied, as the presses
INKED	Filled (in), as a comic strip
INKED	Signed on the dotted line
INKED	Put one's name on
INKED	What the scared squid did
INKED	Ready for printing
INKED	Readied, as a press
INKED	Completed, as a comic strip

INKED	Marked (in) with a pen
INKED	Put one's John Hancock on
INKED	Signed a contract
INKED	Signed one's name to
INKED	Affixed one's John Hancock
INKED	Signed, as a lease
INKED	Signed, informally
INKED	Ready to use, as a stamp pad

INKED	Blackened.
INKED	Prepared, as a roller of a printing press.
INKED	Covered with color (with "in").
INKED	Got the presses ready.
INKED	Prepared a printing press.
INKED	Prepared, as a printing press.
INKED	Used a printer's roller.
INKED	Pigmented.

INKED	Prepared to pull a proof.
INKED	Did a printer's job.
INKED	Used a pen.
INKED	Blacked (in).
INKED	Signed in a way