Beyond Substrates: Advancing Technologies, Wide Selections for Digital Printing

For example, on inkjet presses, "…some materials require a primer to aid ink adhesion or need corona treatment to pre-heat the surface immediately before the ink is applied," explains Jetrion's DiMarco. HP Indigos can be configured with a pre-treating system to prepare substrates prior to imaging. Press and substrate vendors know when these additional steps may be required, so be sure to ask when a job requires material you're not familiar with or one that isn't on the list of approved substrates. Obviously, it's important to test unknown materials in advance, so ask a substrate supplier for a sample you can test to ensure a job will run reliably.