Beyond Substrates: Advancing Technologies, Wide Selections for Digital Printing

In most cases the answer to both questions is yes. There are abundant substrate options for digital presses and ink or toner adhesion is just chemistry and physics. Still, the inks and toners used in digital printing are different than those used in analog printing. Their adhesion and penetration characteristics mean they interact differently with the surface being printed, requiring varying levels of heat and light to dry and bond an image to a substrate. These are not show stoppers. Thanks to continuous collaboration between press vendors and substrate manufacturers, all digital presses used for label and packaging applications can handle a wide range of substrates, in many cases the same ones used on conventional presses.