Is it Time to Bump the Bump Treating

• The tendency for printers to use less solvent inks—More environmentally-friendly inks require a higher dyne level to make up for the lack of adhesion-inducing elements they contain.

Printers are up against ever-steeper expectations in delivery times and quality. Compounding these expectations is the need for printers to be able to run several different substrates on the equipment they already have. Most printers can handle all kinds of materials due to bump treating. Like a security blanket, re-treating helps printers address the variability in the effective life span of the surface treatment, which differs from substrate to substrate.