SOLID INK DENSITY ANALYSIS FOR WEB-FED PUBLICATION PRESSES: A CASE STUDY OF HT MEDIA LTD., LUCKNOW

This paper throws light on solid ink density analysis which has beentop print quality concern for newspaper printing organizations. Objectives of this paper is to study WAN-IFRA standards used in the newspaper and after final printing the density was evaluated on solid ink patches to match with. For the more accurate evaluations, density is checked at more than one area covering all sides of the newspapers. The density pattern was checked for Cyan, Magenta,Yellow and blacksequentially on newspapers on different towers and deviations were analyzed.