Press Dot Gain help please!!!!!

[Lukas Engqvist]

Yes logging a problem is very important, even if the logs are not saved, it helps to track what actually is wrong.

[contrakid]

Printing is complicated - with a great many variables. That is why standards and process control are so important as well as documentation and an organized method to correct deviation (problems) when results are not what is expected.



There are many reasons why this would occur. Has this always been a problem? Did it just start with a certain job? What has changed in your process? etc. (standards, process control, documentation, etc.)



This has been my experience since I first started working in printshops in the mid 1960s - and I know from the literature that it was also true from the beginning. To wit: "Hand writing all these Bibles is too slow, expensive (the cost of wine to keep the monks happy is ridiculous), and the quality is all over the place - we can't get two Bibles to look the same! Hey Gutenberg, got any ideas for a faster, cheaper, and better way to churn out these Bibles?"



No, this is where standards, process control, documentation, etc. come into play. Cutting corners is the lazy way and doesn't work.



No such thing as low or high "quality" jobs. The manufacturing process is the same. The press itself treats all jobs the same - so should the staff. What may change from job to job is the tolerance for variation from the proof. Sounds like an attitude and management problem - not a technical problem.



Sounds like a rationalization for a lack of standards, process control, documentation, etc. "We didn't have the time to make a sacrifice to the litho-gods before our shift started. That's why we moved black to the last unit."



Yes, gordo

agree with all, unfortunately out of my control although i am trying.

cheers for all guys