THE IMPACT OF FORMING FABRIC STRUCTURES ON PRINT QUALITY

Considerable work has been done over the past years by Weavexx Corp. t o investigate the influence of for ming fabric structures on the quali ty of the final print. The conclusion formed from this extensive work is that during the formation of a sheet of paper on a forming fabric s tructure, density differences are forced to occur. These density diffe rences are increased during pressing, drying and calendering to the po int that when a uniform layer of ink is applied to the surface of the sheet of paper, the ink will penetrate at varying rates depending on t he density of the sheet at the: point of contact. This variation in pe netration will result in variations of gloss, offsetting and strike-th rough to name but a few.