Gravure Tone Unevenness: Gradient, Light Area, and Cylinder Fixes

06/01/2026

Process-color gravure — gradient work, vignettes, light tints — is where gravure's quality advantage either proves itself or falls apart. Uneven tone in these areas has two distinct forms: gradient bridging and light-area mottle. Each ha...

Flexo Process Analysis: Plate, Ink, and Press Setup Guide

05/30/2026

Flexo printing quality doesn't come from the press alone — it starts at the prepress analysis stage, where plate selection, dot curve design, and ink specification are matched to the specific substrate and print conditions. A plate that ...

Gravure Fogging Defect: Causes and Shop Floor Fixes

05/27/2026

Gravure fogging — that hazy film that settles on the cylinder surface during a run — is one of those defects that resists single-cause diagnosis. It's a systemic problem. When you see it under the strobe light, usually on red or blue sta...

Gravure Cigarette Pack Printing: 17 Defects and Fixes

05/25/2026

Gravure is the dominant print method for cigarette packaging — thick ink films, saturated colors, that unmistakable depth. But it comes with a long list of ways things can go wrong. Blocking, pinholes, ghosting, color drift, foaming, pla...

Vegetable Oil-Based Ink Printing on Recycled Paper: A Practical Guide to Avoiding Fiber Pull

05/23/2026