What to adjust first when a water spot shows on a pharma label
When a water spot shows on a pharma label, check the water rollers and the water path. Do not add ink. Change only this one place. After the change, look again in the same spot. It is a local ring, mottled inside.
When a water spot shows on a pharma label, check the water rollers and the water path. Do not add ink. Change only this one place. After the change, look again in the same spot. It is a local ring, mottled inside.
Move one thing first
Stop if the water spot lands on the brand colour or on type. On a pharma label, if it already hits the batch number, the expiry date, or the barcode, stop before you adjust. Do not try it while the job runs. Ink starvation does not have that watermark edge.
Order
| Do first | Do not yet | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Check the water rollers and the water path. Do not add ink. | Change ink, pressure and speed together | Change three things at once and you will not know which one worked |
| It has already landed on the batch number, expiry date, or barcode | Try it while the job keeps running | Scrap will keep going |
| Note the water on which colour. | Only say that you already adjusted it | The next shift cannot pick it up |
Leave this when you are done
- Check the water rollers and the water path. Do not add ink.
- In the same spot, check whether the water spot has eased.
- Note the water on which colour.
