When a repeating hickey shows on a textured-paper wine label, what do you move first

When a repeating hickey shows on a textured-paper wine label, measure the repeat and match it to the plate, the blanket, or a roller. Do not wipe every unit blindly. Change only this one thing. Look again in the same place after you change it.

Repeating hickey on a textured-paper wine label

When a repeating hickey shows on a textured-paper wine label, measure the repeat and match it to the plate, the blanket, or a roller. Do not wipe every unit blindly. Change only this one thing. Look again in the same place after you change it.

Repeating hickey on a textured-paper wine label

Move one thing first

Stop if the repeating spot hits type or a barcode. If it has already hit the wine name or the minimum legal text, stop first, then adjust. Do not try it while the press keeps running. Random lint will not repeat that precisely.

Order

Do this first Do not do this first Why
Measure the repeat and match it to the plate, the blanket, or a roller. Do not wipe every unit blindly. Change ink, pressure, and speed at the same time Change three things at once and you will not know which one worked
It has already landed on the wine name or the minimum legal text Try it while the job keeps running Scrap keeps going
Log the repeat length and which roller it matched. Only say you already adjusted it The next shift cannot pick it up

Leave this behind

  1. Measure the repeat and match it to the plate, the blanket, or a roller. Do not wipe every unit blindly.
  2. In the same place, confirm whether the repeating hickey has eased.
  3. Log the repeat length and which roller it matched.

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