What do the different colors of blankets mean?
According to an anonymous source at one of the blanket manufacturers, it is mostly a marketing tool. If I try to sell you another blue blanket, it will be perceived as the same old blanket with a new name. If its a totally different color, then its easier to believe that its a different product. The color also might be used in a huge shop to designate some particular special requirement. For instance, our 9600 blanket is purple, and would most likely be used for running a job with extremely fine screens on high gloss stock. The 9500 blanket is pink, and is very smash resistant so it is probably the blanket of choice for 99% of the jobs you would ever run. In a huge shop the foreman might tell the press crew to Change to the purple blankets for that Acme job. It avoids confusion in trying to remember numbers. The manufacturer can make any blanket any color. The color of the thread on the cloth back also tells the manufacturer something, as in the case of a warranty claim where several d
According to an anonymous source at one of the printing blanket manufacturers, it is mostly a marketing tool. If I try to sell you another blue blanket, it will be perceived as the same old blanket with a new name. If it s a totally different color, then it s easier to believe that it s a different product. The color also might be used in a huge shop to designate some particular special requirement. For instance, our 9600 blanket is purple, and would most likely be used for running a job with extremely fine screens on high gloss stock. The 9500 blanket is pink, and is very smash resistant so it is probably the printing blanket of choice for 99% of the jobs you would ever run. In a huge shop the foreman might tell the press crew to Change to the purple blankets for that Acme job. It avoids confusion in trying to remember numbers. The manufacturer can make any offset printing blanket any color. The color of the thread on the cloth back also tells the manufacturer something, as in the cas
