Offset News Inks - A Free Troubleshooting Flowchart and Guide

Flint Group offers a free troubleshooting guide to identify common problems that can arise during offset news printing. This document is an easy-to-use resource for the diagnosis and, more importantly, the solution, to these printing challenges.

Download the Offset News Ink Troubleshooting Guide as a PDF.

Inside, you'll find tips to resolve the following offset news printing concerns:

• Fluctuation of Ink & Water Balance
• Former Board & Pipe Roller
• Build-up
• Gray & Weak Solids
• Ink Throwing
• Linting
• Mottled Solids
• Muddy Appearance in Halftones
• Page-to-Page Set-Off
• Piling
• Plate Wear
• Poor Ink Mileage
• Rub-Off
• Scumming
• Show-Through
• Spitting on Injector Rail
• Tinting
• Toning
• Stripping
• Strike-Through

Other Flint Group troubleshooting guides for printing inks include:
Sheetfed Offset Inks
Heatset Web Offset Inks
Flexographic Inks
Packaging Gravure Inks
UV Inks