1990 Topps Rick Wrona - what is this and how does it happen?

ReggieCleveland

I ripped some boxes of 1990 Topps baseball today looking for blackless cards and came across this, seemed odd. It's almost like the 'A' was fully printed but then somehow there was an additional light blue circle with a black dot printed on top of it. The handful of Wrona cards that showed up on google and ebay don't have it. It's not a one-off because I pulled a second Wrona from the box and it has it as well.

Is this a variation? Anyone have any?

tsalems1

Here is the o-pee-chee version...

ReggieCleveland

Here it is blown up.

cjaccardi

Large print dot

saucywombat

I'd say classic fish-eye print dot.

Sometimes they appear in spots like this one that have you make a double take.

ReggieCleveland

Thanks guys. What exactly is a print dot and how does it happen?

WinPitcher

Not sure that is a print dot, but a problem that the stripper failed to correct.

A press printer would know more.

Brick

Not sure I understand. Do you mean the tattooed stripper has too much ink on her?

cjaccardi

A print dot or print eyes caused by two reasons

The first is the paper quality. The paper has some kind of Defect in its top layer like uneven gloss etc

The second is paper s dirty. Dust or other particles get on the paper.

It's never caused by the printer it is always the fault of some kind of defect or pollution on the paper or whatever something is being printed on

otwcards

Sometimes, ink just ends up places... Doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with it.

ReggieCleveland

<< <i>A print dot or print eyes caused by two reasons

The first is the paper quality. The paper has some kind of Defect in its top layer like uneven gloss etc

The second is paper s dirty. Dust or other particles get on the paper.

It's never caused by the printer it is always the fault of some kind of defect or pollution on the paper or whatever something is being printed on >>



Thanks for the response. So there could be a bath of sheets that all have the same defect?

saucywombat

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<< <i>A print dot or print eyes caused by two reasons

The first is the paper quality. The paper has some kind of Defect in its top layer like uneven gloss etc

The second is paper s dirty. Dust or other particles get on the paper.

It's never caused by the printer it is always the fault of some kind of defect or pollution on the paper or whatever something is being printed on >>



Thanks for the response. So there could be a bath of sheets that all have the same defect? >>



Yes

ReggieCleveland

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<< <i>

<< <i>A print dot or print eyes caused by two reasons

The first is the paper quality. The paper has some kind of Defect in its top layer like uneven gloss etc

The second is paper s dirty. Dust or other particles get on the paper.

It's never caused by the printer it is always the fault of some kind of defect or pollution on the paper or whatever something is being printed on >>



Thanks for the response. So there could be a bath of sheets that all have the same defect? >>



Yes >>



Excellent, thank you.

grote15

I recently pulled a 1973 Topps baseball Stan Bahnsen card with a gap on the left border. Apparently, this is a tougher variation of that card. Is such a variation random throughout the printing run or an actual printing plate error that was corrected at some point?

stormtrooper80

There's only one explanation for this..........Government Conspiracy!!! Someone dig up Jim Garrison