How to split fine-type bridging on a corrugated preprint from a lookalike
Fill-in thickens every stroke. Bridging usually sits in the finest gap. Name it wrong and the adjustment is wrong. Take ink off first. Do not add impression across the whole plate.
On a corrugated preprint, split fine-type bridging this way: fill-in thickens every stroke, bridging usually sits in the finest gap. Until you can tell them apart, do not adjust the press for the wrong cause.
Name it wrong and you adjust the wrong place
Neighbouring strokes join. Call it something else and you skip this step: take ink off first. Do not add impression across the whole plate. The barcode and the product name decide whether the sheet can go. They do not decide what you call it.
How to split them
| What you see | Closer to | How you split them |
|---|---|---|
| Neighbouring strokes join. | fine-type bridging | Naming it off a single white spot |
| Fill-in thickens every stroke. Bridging usually sits in the finest gap. | Treat it as that other defect | Using the same adjustment |
| It sits on the barcode and the product name | Hold this area first | Ignoring the position just to give it a name |
Confirm it on the spot
- Look, by eye or with a loupe: neighbouring strokes join.
- Rule out: fill-in thickens every stroke. Bridging usually sits in the finest gap.
- Take ink off first. Do not add impression across the whole plate.
