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Fountain solution does not have the ability to clean the non-image areas of the plate.

Bands of ink that form and look like rail road tracks. They appear on the roller train and may transfer and appear in the print. They may appear in rows across the sheet anywhere from the lead edge to the tail edge.

Inability for plates to clean up quickly at startup and restart of press

The printed ink film is dry, but has excessive rub and scuffing when going through the delivery and finishing processes.

Ink may appear to be drying out in the roller train or press seems to be unable to adequately supply the proper ink water emulsion to the plate.

The shadows and tight reverses start to fill in and become “plugged” with ink during the run.

Fine lines and dots disappear. Work loses clarity and printing becomes streaky with weak solids and densities. Images disappear.

Plates become sensitive during the run, and will start to transfer ink in the non- image area.

Non-Image/image area piling is ink and paper fiber build up on the blanket that prevents proper offset.

Ink or other material accumulates on the blankets or transfer cylinders on the outside dimensions of the paper stock being run.