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Pennsylvania TedThe T206 T-brands and their associated cigarette packs were pre-printed at the same facility.
The inking and the style of these two are identical.
It would be impractical and more expensive, due to redundancy, for this not to be so.
Then, these sheets of pre-printed backs had the fronts printed on them. And, one proof of
this being so, are the numerous backs we've seen with "wet ink" front impressions on them.
Consider this process from a printing standpoint....the backs are a single color; therefore, you
print them 1st. The fronts are a combination of 4 to 6 different color inking passes; therefore,
the fronts are printed last.
Let's see if our resident printer, Joe D, can add to what I am saying.
TED Z