is its ghosting caused by running a heavy solid and small rollers on the press. Also the multi only have 2 ink form rollers. If there are 4 form rollers the problem wouldn't show up most of the time.
If you can try running the type behind/after the solid. This gives the rollers time to ink up and smooth out after it touches the type.
is its ghosting caused by running a heavy solid and small rollers on the press. Also the multi only have 2 ink form rollers. If there are 4 form rollers the problem wouldn't show up most of the time.
If you can try running the type behind/after the solid. This gives the rollers time to ink up and smooth out after it touches the type.
Also some of the older design Kompacs have that problem shown in the solid image. The color mate roller should help mill the ink down a bit to help that. I used to have that problem on the very first Kompacs that came out waaaay back when. And they only had 2 rollers form and meter. The newer units have a slower oscillator roller that might help mill the ink better. I remember the old Kolormate's were a very fast oscillator. And did not work very well. On the old 2 roller units it was a buildup of ink on the form roller. You can try to squeeze the roller nip a little tighter. But watch for scumming/toning if so. A old trick we used to do was run a very small amount of roller wash in the fountain solution. If you run metal plates you can get away with it. I wouldn't try it with mega silvermaster plates. Anyway this would prolong the ink buildup somewhat. Most of the time we'd just clean the Kompac unit as the ink builtup and caused a problem in the solid area. And then continue the run. Also by closing the nip a bit it might help with your ghosting problem. While the Kompac units are a nice no brainer unit they do have some drawbacks. What type of plates, ink and solution are you using? Running 4 color on a Multi 1250 bring back some old memories for me!!! 2 colors at a time. Lotsa fun!!
Also some of the older design Kompacs have that problem shown in the solid image. The color mate roller should help mill the ink down a bit to help that. I used to have that problem on the very first Kompacs that came out waaaay back when. And they only had 2 rollers form and meter. The newer units have a slower oscillator roller that might help mill the ink better. I remember the old Kolormate's were a very fast oscillator. And did not work very well. On the old 2 roller units it was a buildup of ink on the form roller. You can try to squeeze the roller nip a little tighter. But watch for scumming/toning if so. A old trick we used to do was run a very small amount of roller wash in the fountain solution. If you run metal plates you can get away with it. I wouldn't try it with mega silvermaster plates. Anyway this would prolong the ink buildup somewhat. Most of the time we'd just clean the Kompac unit as the ink builtup and caused a problem in the solid area. And then continue the run. Also by closing the nip a bit it might help with your ghosting problem. While the Kompac units are a nice no brainer unit they do have some drawbacks. What type of plates, ink and solution are you using? Running 4 color on a Multi 1250 bring back some old memories for me!!! 2 colors at a time. Lotsa fun!!
Tank you.
I use Chinese Plate and Cromos INK and Metalgamica Font Solution.
Here I find AGFA Plate and Solution. Are very expensive, but i buy if it´s necessary.
I post a photo of my kompac and my machine tank you again.
That's typical Kompac "piling". I switched the colormate oscillating roller to run on the pinch (not form) roller. This entails some minor fabrication, and cutting of the cover, but really helps the ink. Also, if you use a heavy varnish to reduce ink tack, it minimizes the problem.
Kompac Multilith 1250lw 
Linear Mode
