August 11, 2021
Inkjet for commercial and industrial printing are mostly using aqueous or UV ink. They may be jetting on media surfaces from metals, synthetics, plastics, glass and of course paper based substrates.
May 4, 2021
Offset vs. Inkjet- Part 3 – Measuring Uniformity
Remember our comparison environment from the previous post on graininess? This time we compare uniformity challenges for inkjet and offset.
July 16, 2018
How to Hide Banding
If you see banding in continuous solid colors, ask the designer if “mixing up” that continuous solid is possible. Adding random patterns to large solid colors makes cross process print head density shifts less visible when multiple heads across the web are used to produce the solids.
March 8, 2017
Diagnosing Cross-Process Density Shifts
If you see any signs of cross-process density shift, get a baseline by running a diagnostic test pattern on a high holdout inkjet coated sheet.
February 22, 2017
Stripes, Solids and Banding – Cross-Process Density
Stripes can be a wonderful design element, but when we see stripes when printing solids, we might call that “banding.” In inkjet terminology, it is more correctly referred to as “cross-process density shift” which is a bit of a mouthful.
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