jrrowellprinting
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We use Agfa LAP-V plates run through a Raptor Pro85s plate processor that is badly in need of new rollers. My co-worker keeps the machine clean, but lately we have had the issue where the plates come out looking not so great with a wavy look to them - for example on the left of the plate the 100% blocks on the color bar look darker than in the middle of the plate, but our reading is that they are 100% all the way across the plate. Once the plates are on the press, my pressman has to run very heavy ink coverage to make the final product look acceptable. We are still up and running, but it is causing my pressmen to be very angry and I don't like it all. Forgive me, I am not an expert in the plate processing department so any answer needs to be dumbed down for me to understand. I have called for service but like to know what I am dealing with before having a service tech come out. Any ideas of what our problem is would be helpful!