What Does a Hickey Look Like, and When Should You Stop the Press?
A hickey is a printed speck with a white ring, made by a particle on the plate or blanket. Stop when that mark repeats in the same place, or when it sits on a b...
Print Defects
What common print defects look like, why they happen and how to detect and prevent them.
How Much Misregistration Should a Label Press Allow?
Hold colour-to-colour register near 0.25 mm, and print-to-die near 0.5 mm, on an ordinary narrow-web label. Tighten both when a border, a small label or a regul...