Printing oddity

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Posted By: Richard Masson

As you can see, one of these cards ran out of blue ink. I find it odd that this would happen on a corner. I have seen cards missing all of one or more colors, or which appear to running out of ink, but never like this where it is full color and then stops. If you look closely, it has happened to the yellow also, although not as severely. Any idea how this may have happened?

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Posted By: BcD

I have a few of these and they are the same player with the same blue but more of from the top down.Given how blue and green are mixed it can't really be much of a big deal . I 'll find them and send you scans to compare.

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Posted By: Jay

If the black was printed before the blue-green couldn't this have been caused by a piece of paper falling of the sheet blocking the color in the UR corner from getting onto the card.

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Posted By: Joe D.

Card on the right:
Looks to me like the yellow is out of fit...

We call that make-ready or waste sheets (I am a printer by trade). When a pressman hangs the plates and starts running (even today), the various colors (each on a separate plate) aren't in fit from the very first sheet. It takes a little nudging here and there and then you are ready to run with the sheets that would be used.

It could also be a bad plate that was eventually replaced with a good one (but I think the yellow is just out of fit). Picture the yellow being pushed up and to the left, and you will see that it will fit.... and you will also see what a pressman 100 years ago actually did. He moved the yellow up and to the left. Cool to take a peek into a person's work day 100 years ago.

Looks like a card from the beginning of the run. They probably should have been thrown out. But you have one.

card on the left:
looks like a hot spot (plate defect)