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Why won't my colors register — the color-to-color or front-to-back registration keeps drifting off on the offset press?
Posted by the SuperPrinters team · 7/26/2026
Colors do not overlay correctly, showing fringing, blur, or halos on multi-color images and text; the misfit may be consistent gripper-to-tail or side-to-side, or wander sheet to sheet during the run. Most often caused by paper handling/feed issues — misfeeds, doubles, or skew so the sheet does not register the same way each cycle, among other possible causes — a full step-by-step diagnostic and fix follows below.
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