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Print Problems
Offset Litho Print Problems
Question | Answer |
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Binding | Image areas print very weakly despite looking strong on the plate |
Broken Images | Parts of the image are not printing or there are fingerprints on the plate |
Dot Grain | Colours appear stronger on printing |
Ghosting | Weak ink on certain areas |
Halation | Copy appears enlarged at the edges; shadows on the type or the dot spreads |
Hickies | Small areas of unwanted solid colour surrounded by a halo |
Picking | Fibres of paper lifting, leaving white specks |
Plugging | Dirty printed image, with dots filling in |
Scumming | Ink printing on the non-image areas |
Slur | Image appears to have skidded |
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