What to adjust first when ghosting shows on a textured wine label
When ghosting shows on a textured wine label, check the ink train and the ink film first. Don't treat it as register. Change only this one place, then look again at the same spot. Light type after a large solid looks softer than elsewhere.
When ghosting shows on a textured wine label, check the ink train and the ink film first. Don't treat it as register. Change only this one place, then look again at the same spot. Light type after a large solid looks softer than elsewhere.
Move one thing first
If the light type is legal text, stop. Light decorative type follows the sample. On a textured wine label, if it has already hit the wine name or the smallest legal text, stop first, then adjust. Don't trial it while the press is running. Doubling puts a second dot on every halftone dot. Ghosting follows a large solid.
Order
| Do this first | Don't yet | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Check the ink train and the ink film first. Don't treat it as register. | Change ink, pressure and speed together | Change three things at once and you won't know which one did it |
| It has already landed on the wine name or the smallest legal text | Trial it while the job is still running | Scrap keeps moving |
| Note which color and where the solid sits. | Only say you already adjusted it | The next shift can't pick it up |
Leave this when you're done
- Check the ink train and the ink film first. Don't treat it as register.
- At the same spot, confirm whether the ghosting has eased.
- Note which color and where the solid sits.
