Wrinkles or tearing at the knife fold
High severitySymptoms
Wrinkles at the second/third fold or sheets torn at the knife station
Probable causes
- Knife out of time (striking before/after the sheet is positioned)
- knife off-center
- station stops misadjusted
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The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
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