The term glaze is often used when describing problems experienced with the offset printing process, usually concerning rubber rollers. In reality, the term can be used for a variety of conditions each of which has different causes and different symptoms and therefore, different remedies.
Let us look at the subject of safety from a user perspective. The general sentiment is: Why look at safety at all? After all, can things not take care of safety all by themselves? Or there must be “someone” to look after it? Or, the safety department must take care.
Generally, we relate consistency and correctness of colour reproduction with pre-press expertise and software tools like under color removal (UCR) or Gray Component Replacement (GCR). We never consider press chemistry to play an active role in this process.
There are many questions, which have been discussed passionately over the years. One of those is – which roller and blanket wash to use - Aromatic or aliphatic?
In an open conversation about consumables, we often come across a term called ‘OEM approvals'. What it generally means is a FOGRA approval.