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Why are my film labels sticking together, mis-feeding, or clinging to the press from static?
Posted by the SuperPrinters team · 7/26/2026
Filmic labels and liner cling to each other or to machine parts, mis-feed or lift at the die and rewind, and attract dust, sometimes giving the operator small shocks. Blocking makes labels hard to separate off the finished roll. Most often caused by triboelectric charge generated as film and liner separate and pass over rollers, common with filmic stock, among other possible causes — a full step-by-step diagnostic and fix follows below.
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