When to stop for misting on food flexible packaging
On food flexible packaging, stop if the mist lands on a barcode or on the food image. If it hits the ingredient list, an allergen line, or a barcode, that pack cannot go. Fine fog dots sit in the unprinted area, and also around the press.
On food flexible packaging, stop if the mist lands on a barcode or on the food image. If it hits the ingredient list, an allergen line, or a barcode, that pack cannot go. Fine fog dots sit in the unprinted area, and also around the press.
First see whether it hits a critical spot
Fine fog dots in the unprinted area, and also around the press. A pinhole sits inside a solid. Misting sits in the blank and on the press frame. On food flexible packaging, the critical spot is the ingredient list, an allergen line, or a barcode. If the decoration has no hickey chart, do not invent a millimetre number on the spot.
Side by side
| What you see | Call | Do not |
|---|---|---|
| Fine fog dots in the unprinted area, and also around the press. | Stop if the mist lands on a barcode or on the food image. | Add ink or add impression just because you see it |
| It lands on the ingredient list, an allergen line, or a barcode | This one cannot go | Wait for a later station to find it |
| Only on the decoration, and there is no hickey chart | Keep a sample and confirm | Write your own millimetre number |
Do this on this turn
- Confirm it is misting: Fine fog dots in the unprinted area, and also around the press.
- Drop speed and viscosity first. Do not wipe every piece.
- Log the speed, the viscosity, and which colour.
