Flexographic Inks - A Free Troubleshooting Flowchart and Guide

Flint Group offers a free troubleshooting guide to identify common problems that can arise during flexographic printing. This document is an easy-to-use resource for the diagnosis and, more importantly, the solution, to these printing challenges.

Download the Flexographic Inks Troubleshooting Guide as a PDF.

Inside, you'll find tips to resolve the following flexographic printing concerns:

• Poor Adhesion
• Wax Bleed
• Colour Too Strong
• Colour Too Weak
• Colour Varies During Run
• Dirty Printing
• Excessive Ink Consumption
• Fill-In of Reverses and Type
• Foaming
• Ghosting
• Halo Around Print
• Kick Out
• Mottle
• Piling
• Pinholes or Fisheyes
• Plate Swell
• Retained Solvents
• Screening
• Set Off and/or Blocking
• Settling of Ink in Containers
• Slipping on Delivery Belts
• Smearing
• Striations
• Tracking
• Poor Trapping

Other Flint Group troubleshooting guides for printing inks include:
Offset News Inks
Sheetfed Inks
Heatset Inks
Packaging Gravure Inks
UV Inks