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(Part 3 of a 5 part series) Maintaining the perfect dot is not easy, and to do so we must control several factors, one of which is standard dot size. More specifically holding dots within a tonal patch to have the same diameter measurement, or at the very least, a similar measurement.In theory we would … Read More...

(Part 2 of a 5 part series) Maintaining the perfect dot is not easy, and to do so we must control several factors, one of which is slur. Slur is the elongation of a dot and can happen in both machine direction and across the web. However, slur is more common in the machine direction. … Read More...

Part 1 - "Dot Donutting" or "Haloing" (Part 1 of a 5 part series) Impression is just one of a multitude of factors needed to control the perfect dot. Daily we strive to achieve the all too elusive "kiss impression", the minimum amount of pressure needed to achieve sufficient ink transfer to the substrate. But … Read More...