It sounds so simple: Ink on paper. It’s a process that’s been around for thousands of years. Yet getting ink to adhere to paper — or any substrate — is actually a somewhat complex chemical and physical process. Paper is easiest material to print on, but even it has adherence challenges, as anyone who has ever has their hands blackened by newsprint can tell you. Those challenges are compounded when non-paper substrates are involved.
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