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This section is "Best Practice" associated with the application of inks and end-use of print. Problems that may lead to rejected print reoccur, but can often be avoided with the benefit of hindsight of previous experience. Also best practice applies to on-press application parameters to achieve optimum results. 


One example of a post press problem: "Inks were successfully used for surface printing on a film for subsequent reverse side lamination to polyethylene.  Practices changed and a pre-laminate of the construction using high slip polyethylene was surface printed instead, using the same inks. Reels could not be converted effectively as there was loss of reverse slip, due to migration of waxes from the polyethylene into the ink during reel storage. A high slip version of the inks should have been used for the change in practice to give a migration equilibrium".
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