Ink misting
Medium severitySymptoms
Ink fog soiling press and sheets; ink smell in the air
Probable causes
- Thick ink film at high speed
- long/runny ink
- worn or badly set rollers
The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
Other problems in this category
Offset – Ink/Water · TPG-038
Hickeys
Ink dots surrounded by a white halo in solids
Offset – Ink/Water · TPG-039
Mechanical ghosting
Ghost image repeating at roller circumference distance
Offset – Ink/Water · TPG-040
Poor trapping (ink on ink)
Second color won't take over the first; dirty overprint colors
Offset – Ink/Water · TPG-043
Chalking
Dry ink rubs off as powder
Offset – Ink/Water · TPG-030
Ink over-emulsification
Washed-out colors, short ink that won't transfer, watery haze
Offset – Ink/Water · TPG-031
Tinting (ink in non-image areas)
Slight uniform tint across the whole sheet