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...
05/26/2026
Most flexible packaging converters run too many colors. A seven or eight-color job sounds premium, but each extra color means another plate, another ink formulation, another tension zone where registration can drift, and another batch of...