Local treatment loss from handling
Medium severitySymptoms
Zones where ink won't stick shaped like fingers, hands or rub bands; the rest prints fine
Probable causes
- Fingerprints, grease and silicones locally destroy the treated PE surface tension
- belt or guide rub
- friction in piling
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The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
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