Packaging Gravure Inks - A Free Troubleshooting Flowchart and Guide

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

Download the Packaging Gravure Ink Troubleshooting Guide as a PDF.

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

• Blocking
• Cell Plugging
• Colour Hue Shift
• Colour Too Strong
• Colour Variation
• Colour Weak
• Cylinder Wear
• Drying In
• Foaming
• Gloss (Too High Or Too Low)
• Inadequate Drying
• Ink Settling
• Mottling, Puddling, Volcanoes
• Picking
• Poor Ink Mileage
• Poor Printability
• Poor Trapping
• Poor Wipe
• Scuffing
• Scumming
• Skipping
• Strike-Through
• Whiskering