How to tell a lint hickey apart on a pharma label
An ink skin is solid dried ink, with no fiber. The wrong name sends the adjustment to the wrong place. Check the paper edge and the blanket wash first. Do not filter the ink as if it were an ink skin.
On a pharma label, tell a lint hickey apart like this: an ink skin is solid dried ink, with no fiber. Until they are apart, do not adjust the press for the wrong cause. Inside the white ring you can see fiber, and sometimes it wipes off.
The wrong name sends the adjustment to the wrong place
Inside the white ring you can see fiber, and sometimes it wipes off. If you treat that as another defect, you skip this step: check the paper edge and the blanket wash first, and do not filter the ink as if it were an ink skin. The regulatory text and the barcode decide whether the label can go, but they do not decide what the defect is called.
How to separate them
| What you see | Closer to | Do not separate them like this |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the white ring you can see fiber, and sometimes it wipes off | Lint hickey | Name it from one white spot |
| An ink skin is solid dried ink, with no fiber | Handle it as that other defect | Use the same adjustment |
| The place is the regulatory text and the barcode | Keep this place safe first | Ignore the place in order to name it |
Look at it on the spot
- Look with the eye or a loupe: inside the white ring you can see fiber, and sometimes it wipes off.
- Rule out an ink skin: that is solid dried ink, with no fiber.
- Check the paper edge and the blanket wash first. Do not filter the ink as if it were an ink skin.
