Can we compensate for the miss register between colors due to paper stretch or fan out in Prepress?
Gentlemen,
mmm.............. "As long as the mis -registration is consistent " ----- it must be in Register
Ok you two play nicely now . . . I think that "mis-registration" is not a good term for this discussion perhaps compensating for image growth?????
Can we compensate for the miss register between colors due to paper stretch or fan out in Prepress?
Hi all,
Sorry I didn't provide details. My question is specifically for sheetfed offset.
We sold a VLF CTP to a customer and they are using Founder Elecroc 6 workflow. They have KBA 145 and a 105 press. The paper stretch is causing register marks of the subsequent colors to be out of register in lateral direction. The problem is mostly on the tail edge of the sheet.
Referring to your blog, It's back sheet flare. Can we adjust it in prepress?
The only ways I know is:
1 - rotate the file 180° so that the heaviest coverage is at the lead edge and the lightest coverage is at the tail
2 - use a heavier weight paper.
3 - check for excessive impression/blanket squeeze which may be stretching the paper.
I don't think you can employ any file distortion in prepress to solve this. Maybe others folks have more ideas. Sorry.
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