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If static is a problem drape some metal tinsel over the feeder sheets and ground it to the press. Maybe different suckers are available for thin stock. minimum air settings

I remember a colour ok back in the day, we had just finished a high end brochure for Revlon lipstick and the next order up was a brochure for a mail in watch. We had some top quality high gloss stock left and intense process colour inks so we just switched the plates and prepared for the...

we used to run opaque white with 2 hits using lower ink key settings on each unit and lamp between. We also used Gallium bulbs... If you have the print units to do it.

Do you have interdeck UV lamps or just end of press?

For a Packaging printer I would really recommend the KBA.they can handle a wide range of stocks. of course the other presses are very good too but after doing a pretty detailed audit we decided on KBA and have not been disappointed. Just my opinion.

is the problem in all units. is the problem just in 1 unit. is the problem in one area all the time or does it move

Could you tell the group the make of press you have and how wide is it.

Doing a customer colour ok during a shiftchange was my worst nightmare. The next shift would come in and adjust the water, the feeder the ink and anything else that had an adjustment knob

Heavy on pressure or heavy on ink? need a bit more info thanks. got any pictures

Just let me give the register one final look then maybe we can talk discounts

so it wasnt the famous gorrukk Brunner after all?

Yes as long as your press prints consistantly at the same dot gain whether it be sharp or whatever then you can build curves around that.

did this happen suddenly of has it been happening over time, trying to help someone who is possibly thousands of miles away and not being familiar with the history makes it difficult to offer suggestions. We used to make fishbone diagrams when we were trying to solve an issue that involved so...

looks like you have the perfect set up. good luck

we had a different curve for coated vs uncoated if memory serves me, uncoated stock absorbed more ink, coated paper ink seemed to print sharper, Newsprint would be the extreme example of this I guess. If your press is mechanically sound I guess the only things you can vary are print curves and...

Is this press running the same ink density/ink film thickness as your other presses. I have never had much success trying to introduce dot gain by overpacking blankets or increasing squeeze, blanket techology is very good nowadays and I found any increase was not worth the trouble. I have...

What target ink desity were you running for your process colours. Is the ink your normal supplier or a new ink supplier (ink strength). Ink film thickness can sometimes affect dot size

You already have an Xrite how much more accuracy are you looking for, thats a pretty good instrument. They are all somewhat expensive but you get what you pay for