{"id":16,"date":"2023-07-14T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enerconind.com\/plasma-treating\/applications\/printing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:11:05","slug":"printing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.enerconind.com\/plasma-treating\/applications\/printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enerconind.com\/plasma-treating\/\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enerconind.com\/plasma-treating\/applications\/\">Applications<\/a> \u00bb Printing<\/nav>\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t\tPlasma and Flame Surface Treaters Improve Ink Adhesion for printing\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tImprove Print quality &#038; Productivity with in-line surface Treatment\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Getting inks to successfully bond to a wide range of plastics is an industrial challenge across many industries.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enerconind.com\/plasma-treating\/technologies\/blown-ion.aspx\">Plasma<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enerconind.com\/plasma-treating\/technologies\/flame.aspx\">flame<\/a>\u00a0surface treaters have proved invaluable at preparing surfaces for ink adhesion in the decorating, packaging, identification, and marking applications.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/uoUNLUhnHq4?rel=0&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>When inks do not bond with surfaces it is often because the surface has inherently low surface energy, surface contamination and additives which have risen to its surface. In-line surface treating is performed immediately prior to printing and creates a high energy surface, cleaned of contaminates and functionalized with increased bonding sites for adhesion.Treatment is effective with water based, solvent and UV inks and all types of printing processes including digital ink jet, pad, screen, flexographic, and gravure printing.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enerconind.com\/plasma-treating\/contact-us.aspx\"><strong>Contact Enercon&#8217;s application experts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to see how surface treating can improve your operations or learn more by following the links below.<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tFROM OUR LIBRARY\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrinting Insights for Plasma &#038; Flame Surface Treating\u00a0\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.enerconind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/02145734\/applications-printing-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Printing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.enerconind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/02145734\/applications-printing-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.enerconind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/02145734\/applications-printing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.enerconind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/02145734\/applications-printing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.enerconind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/02145734\/applications-printing.jpg 1500w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\tCOMMON APPLICATIONS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlasma &#038; Flame for Printing\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Consumer Goods<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Date &amp; Lot Codes<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Gift Cards<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Industrial Components<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Packaging<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Panels &amp; Flooring<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Wire, Cable &amp; Pipe<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Digital Ink Jet<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Flexographic Inks<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Pad Printing<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Screen Printing<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Solvent Based Inks<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>Water Based Inks<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<p>UV Inks<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/plasma-treating\/library-resource\/how-plasma-flame-surface-treating-works-explainer-video\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.enerconind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/02144955\/explainer-video-how-plasma-works.jpg\" alt=\"explainer-video-how-plasma-works\" width=\"440\" height=\"230\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tNEW VIDEO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>How Plasma &#038; Flame Surface Treating Work<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Watch Now!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tFROM OUR LIBRARY\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More About Plasma &#038; Flame Treating\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<a href=\"\/plasma-treating\/library\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View Library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tView Library\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tGET IN TOUCH\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Us\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t <form id=\"mktoForm_1341\"><\/form>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u00bb Applications \u00bb Printing Plasma and Flame Surface Treaters Improve Ink Adhesion for printing Improve Print quality &#038; Productivity with in-line surface Treatment Getting inks to successfully bond to a wide range of plastics is an industrial challenge across many industries.\u00a0Plasma\u00a0and\u00a0flame\u00a0surface treaters have proved invaluable at preparing surfaces for ink adhesion in the decorating,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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