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 Printing Defects: Equipment Causes and Fixes

05/26/2026

When a gravure print job goes wrong, the instinct is to blame the ink. But walk the floor long enough and you'll find the machine itself is behind a surprising number of defects — tension drift, cylinder runout, chill roller hotspots, do...

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...

Gravure Printing Defects: How to Tell Blurring from Dragging and Fix Both

05/23/2026