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Measuring of the Water Layer Thickness in the Offset Printing Process

Erwin Widmer and Dr. Klaus-Peter Dotzel

UGRA

Published 2012

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Abstract

Water is an important part of the offset printing process. Only a few attempts to control the amount of water on the printing plate were tried over the years. This paper reports about a new approach to measure and control the amount of water on the printing plate.