What to move first when solvent bite shows on a textured wine label

When solvent bite shows on a textured wine label, check drying of the previous color and the solvent of the next color. Do not only adjust register. Change only this one thing, then look again at the same place.

Solvent bite on a textured wine label

When solvent bite shows on a textured wine label, check drying of the previous color and the solvent of the next color. Do not only adjust register. Change only this one thing, then look again at the same place.

Solvent bite on a textured wine label

Move one thing first

If the bite fills in fine type, stop. If it has already hit the wine name or the smallest legal type, stop first and then adjust. Do not trial it while printing. Doubling is a second dot of the same color. Bite sits where two colors meet.

Order

Do this first Do not Why
Check drying of the previous color and the solvent of the next. Do not only adjust register. Change ink, pressure, and speed together Change three things and you will not know which one worked
It has already landed on the wine name or the smallest legal type Trial it while the job is still running Waste keeps going
Note the drying and the solvent of the next color. Only say that it was adjusted The next shift cannot pick it up

Leave a record

  1. Check drying of the previous color and the solvent of the next. Do not only adjust register.
  2. At the same place, confirm whether the solvent bite has eased.
  3. Note the drying and the solvent of the next color.

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