After bringing the Ink Machine up, Henry's next task is to collect six items scattered around every room of the workshop, restore the ink pressure in the projector room, then finally switch it on via a switch in the break room. In order to lift the Ink Machine up, Henry has to put both dry cells into the machine and pull the lever. In Chapter 1: Moving Pictures, the Ink Machine can be found within the studio's loading dock, which had been converted into a large shaft for it to be risen up and down from.Joey was enraged by the soulless creature and how people would react to the creature, to the point of belittling and firing Thomas for it, before subsequently firing Allison Pendle for siding against Joey Drew's selfish judgment, though not before condemning her for disrespecting his wishes. The Ink Machine was stolen by Joey Drew from its creator Thomas Connor (Tom) after the creation of Ink Bendy. The progress report of Thomas Connor to the Gent Home Office reveals that the original purpose of the machine is to use the cartoons as a template to mold life-size figures of the cartoons. Sammy Lawrence mentions that the Ink Machine was installed by Joey Drew from the time when Sammy recorded his first tape, and it started leaking, causing the stairwell to get flooded by ink over three times the month prior afterwards preventing Sammy and other workers from entering and exiting the Music Department. Joey Drew wanted to bring cartoons into the real world using the Ink Machine, starting with Bendy, but the process of it went wrong and caused a corrupted version of Bendy to be born. Later on, the Ink Machine becomes enchanted by mysterious circumstances so that it can create living cartoon characters out of living souls. It becomes apparent that the Ink Machine functions similar to a 3D printer, in which it turns 2D sketches into realistic, physical models. The machine is also portable, being risen up and down the studio by several large, heavy chains.
There is a large nozzle connected to its front, along with long, sprawling pipes underneath. A giant metal barrel filled with ink is connected to the rear of the machine.
Its outside is made up of several pipes, gears, pistons, and other attachments. The machine is large, square, and robust in shape.