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Ink Setting Set-off or Striking-in Tests with the IGT Testers

An important property of an ink on a paper is its setting behavior. Setting or ink setting, also called striking-in or set-off, is a property of an ink to lay down on the paper and penetrate into the paper after which it starts to dry. Wilco de Groot If the ink cannot penetrate fast enough into the paper (coating), there can appear problems already during the printing process in the form of trapping issues, or, after the printing process, blocking, smearing, set-off to ...

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