Foil not transferring or transferring patchy
High severitySymptoms
Motif zones without foil; 'freckled' transfer
Probable causes
- Low temperature
- insufficient or uneven pressure
- foil incompatible with the stock or its coating
- excessive speed
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The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
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