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    DURST ink adhesion

    Ink adhesion is a function of the substrate and the UV ink and not the printer. When the substrate has a low surface energy, you will 100% experience poor UV ink adhesion. To solve this, you must pre-treat the substrate with chemical adhesion promoters or mechanical pre-treatment systems. Note...
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    UV inks adhering on metal products.

    To print on metals (stainless steel, aluminum, copper, coated metals, etc.), you will need to use UV adhesion promoters. The best promoter for digital printing is the M74F UV adhesion promoter from Boston. It also works very well on acrylics.
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    Ink Adhesion Issues

    You should try using an UV adhesion promoter this will help with ink adhesion. Rigid polypropylene is difficult to print even with solvent based screen and pad printing ink. UV inks would also be much harder to print with. The reason for this is because of the Low surface energy of the material...
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    UV Primer for glass and tiles

    To print on glass with UV inks, you need a primer that will aid ink adhesion. There are two types of primer in general. A two component primer and a 1 component primer. The two component primer is ideal for high volume printing. The one component primer is a wipe on primer. Boston's Natron...
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