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REGISTER
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
Sheetfed
Back Trap Mottle
Backing Away (ink in fountain)
Burnout (pigment)
Chalking
Dot Sharpness
Double Image
Drying
Faded Color
Ghosting (gloss)
Ghosting (mechanical)
Gloss (poor)
Gray and Weak Solids
Hickeys (with center)
Hickeys (no center)
Ink/Water Balance
Ink Milege
Picking/Linting
Piling
Plate Blinding (mechanical)
Plate Wear
Roller Stripping
Rubbing and Scuffing
Scumming
Set-Off/Blocking
Misting
Slurred Image
Tinting/Toning
Web Offset/Heatset
Blistering
Dot Gain
Drying/Blocking
Hickeys
Inconsistant Color Reproduction
Ink Mileage
Gloss (poor)
Ink/Water Balance
Marking
Misting/Slinging
Mottled Solids
Picking/Linting
Piling
Plate Blinding (loss of image) Mechanical
Plate Blinding (loss of image) Chemical
Poor Rub and Scuff Resistance
Roller Stripping
Scumming
Tinting/Toning
Trapping
Web Breaks (press)
Web Breaks (ink)
UV Flexo
Adhesion Failure
Backing Away from Anilox
Build Up on Successive Units
Burn Out
Chalking
Color Change
Curing/Drying
Fill In
Gear Marks
Glossback
Mottle
Offsetting
Pinholing
Rubbing and Scuffing
Streaking
UV Litho
Adhesion Failure
Backing Away
Building Up
Build Up on Successive Units
Burn Out
Chalking
Curing/Drying
Dot Gain
Flying or Misting
Glossback
Mechanical Ghosting
Hickeys
Ink Water Balance
Mottle
Muddy Halftones
Picking/Linting
Piling
Plate Blinding - Mechanical
Plate Blinding - Chemical
Roller Stripping
Rubbing and Scuffing
Scumming - At Press Start Up
Scumming-After Clean Start Up
Tailing
Tinting/Toning
Trapping
EB Litho
Adhesion Failure
Backing Away
Building Up
Build Up on Successive Units
Burn Out
Chalking
Curing/Drying
Dot Gain
Flying or Misting
Glossback
Mechanical Ghosting
Hickeys
Ink Water Balance
Mottle
Muddy Halftones
Picking/Linting
Piling
Plate Blinding - Mechanical
Plate Blinding - Chemical
Roller Stripping
Rubbing and Scuffing
Scumming - At Press Start Up
Scumming-After Clean Start Up
Tailing
Tinting/Toning
Trapping
UV Hybrid
Adhesion Failure
Backing Away
Building Up
Build Up on Successive Units
Burn Out
Chalking
Curing/Drying
Dot Gain
Flying or Misting
Glossback
Mechanical Ghosting
Hickeys
Ink Water Balance
Mottle
Muddy Halftones
Picking/Linting
Piling
Plate Blinding - Mechanical
Plate Blinding - Chemical
Roller Stripping
Rubbing and Scuffing
Scumming - At Press Start Up
Scumming - After Clean Start Up
Tailing
Tinting/Toning
Trapping
UV Metal Decorating
Under-Cured UV inks
Misting/Flying
Ink too Tacky
Poor Ink to Roller Transfer
Ink Scum or Tint on Plate
Ink does not lay down on substrate
Ink Picking on Blanket
Blankets Wear at Back
Poor Ink Set-up on Rollers
Spotty Curing of Ink on Sheet
UV White Ink Adhesion
Poor White Ink Adhesion (a)
Poor White Ink Adhesion (b)
Ink to Ink Failures
Equipment Factors
Suggestions for a UV White Run
2-Piece Metal Decorating
Shade of ink does not match color standard
Grainy Image
Ink Misting
Ink does not adhere to can
Light print on one color
Ink Smears
Varnish day tank picking up color
Ink is feathering or bleeding into adjacent color
Fill in of reverse type
Poor ink laydown on basecoated can
Spots, smears, or light litho
Over varnish striation, fish eyes & orange peel
Slinging
Uneven color, light and dark panels
Out of registration
Double Image (ghost on can)
3-Piece Metal Decorating
Scumming
Misting/Slinging
Burnout (pigment)
Emulsification
Stripping
Plate Blinding
Ink Backing Away
Backtrapping
Poor Roller Transfer/Glazing
Under-Cured UV Inks
FAVORITES
INX International
Web Offset/Heatset
