Dibond® Digital

DIBOND digital is the first aluminium composite material with a lacquer system that is optimised for direct to substrate digital printing. The surface of the new DIBOND digital provides enhanced ink adhesion for UV-curing and solvent based inks. The combination of both the enhanced ink adhesion and the extreme flatness of the panel make it to only possible to be printed with very fine structures and lines when printing but also allows an increased printing speed. In fact, in its cross hatch test the result achieved in various printing tests at print machine manufacturers was an impressive 1. The thickness tolerance of only 0.2mm allows a very small clearance between the panel and the print heads. DIBOND digital is furthermore UV resistant and can be used with temperatures up to 80 °C resulting in two remarkable advantages: the UV lamps would not cause any distortion and the material can be used outside being resistant to any temperature changes. Therefore DIBOND digital is widely specified for both internal and external signs in advertising campaigns, exhibitions and event marketing, photo mounting as well as for hoardings and where ever there is the need for high quality imaging and long service life. Compared with DIBOND, DIBOND digital comes with 0.2mm aluminium layers making it ideal for plane applications. For large size signage and complex processing (e.g. folding techniques) we recommend using DIBOND with 0.3mm aluminium layers. Otherwise DIBOND digital can be processed just as standard DIBOND.