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I very much appreciate the answers I got on my previous question about print blankets. I have another question that perhaps someone here may know, or know where to look: Does newsprint have a watermark on it? Did it have a watermark on it in the late 60s and 70s? If so, what would it be, a...

Oh I see... That's very interesting.

Well, the defect lasted about six weeks, across a few issues, only on certain days of the week. The motivations and circumstances are unknown. Anyway, the question was not if you could damage it, but if you could do it in a specific place on a page?

If someone wanted to cause such a defect on a specific part of the paper, like on a particular article, could purposely damage the blanket to do that? If so, how hard would it be?

Thank you. Very interesting.

Thank you for your response. I'm not clear on why a blanket smash puts a mark on both sides of the paper.

Hello, first time poster here. Also, I am not a press worker, but a researcher. I have found old newspaper issues with "spots" on them, the same spots, usually in a similar position, across multiple issues of the same newspaper. I call them "spots" because they are areas with the printed ink...