When plate bounce on a corrugated preprint means a stop

Plate bounce on a corrugated preprint means a stop when that streak crosses the main image. If it hits the barcode or the large product name, this sheet cannot go out. It is one streak in a fixed place after the gap or the gripper.

Plate bounce on a corrugated preprint

Plate bounce on a corrugated preprint means a stop when that streak crosses the main image. If it hits the barcode or the large product name, this sheet cannot go out. It is one streak in a fixed place after the gap or the gripper.

Plate bounce on a corrugated preprint

Look first at whether it hits a critical spot

It is one streak in a fixed place after the gap or the gripper. Gear marks come as many lines at the tooth pitch; bounce is often just one. On a corrugated preprint, the critical spots are the barcode or the large product name. When the decoration has no spot chart, do not invent a millimetre number on the spot.

What to compare

What you see How to call it Do not
One streak in a fixed place after the gap or the gripper. Stop if this streak crosses the main image. Add ink or pressure just because you can see it
Lands on the barcode or the large product name This sheet cannot go out Wait for the next process to find it
Only on the decoration, and there is no spot chart Keep a sample and confirm Write your own millimetres

Do this first on this round

  1. Confirm it is plate bounce: one streak in a fixed place after the gap or the gripper.
  2. Ease the bearer shock or check the gap. Do not change the ink first.
  3. Note the around-the-cylinder position and which colour.

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