|
Cause |
Solution |
| Ink |
Ink is too thick. |
Add thinner. |
| Ink is thin enough, but still drying too fast-- this problem occurs with very fine line art. |
Use slower thinner or retarder. |
| Pad |
Pad is too new or too oily. |
Clean with pad cleaner and print on paper approximately 30 prints. |
| Pad is too flat. |
Use a pad with a sharper angle. |
| Print is falling on top of pad. |
Move image off tip of pad or select different style pad. |
| Cliché (plate) |
Using metallic ink in a screened image (pigment caught in screen). |
Use a non-screened cliché or run ink extra thin. |
| Too shallow etch depth of cliché. |
Make same cliché with deeper etch. |
Other
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Doctor blade is dipping into large image and is wiping out some ink. |
1. Decrease blade pressure
2. Use a more rigid blade material
3. Skew the print image to eliminate long horizontal areas parallel to doctor blade
4. Use a cliché with a screened image. |
