Much has been written about pad-printing machines. Closed-cup, open-ink-well, single-color, and multicolor systems are regularly explored in industry trade journals. When you get right down to...
In the pad-printing industry, purchasing decisions are often based on assumptions that are simply nuts–literally. The president of a company will see a pad-printing machine printing...
Technology tends to advance in fits and starts, and pad-printing equipment is no exception. New machinery is developed by manufacturers either as a means to overcome...
On occasion, we are called in to resolve printing problems that unfortunately have expensive solutions. This is particularly the case when the problem involves...
Many variables affect the way a printed color is perceived, and when any one of them changes, so does the appearance of the printed color. Just...
Several factors influence the performance of the pad-printing process, including the condition of the ink, the condition of the pad (including shape and hardness), ambient conditions,...
Unknown to many glass decorators, the pad-printing process is ideal for printing on wide range of glass products. Part of the problem is decorators are unaware...
One of the greatest growth areas for both pad printing and screen printing in the past year has been mobile phones. In the UK, the demand...
Pad specifications. Whenever possible, use identical pad shapes for printing process-colors; variations in pad shape may cause image distortion. Make sure the pads are the same...
As with any process-color printing, registering four-color pad-printing jobs is a challenge. Before you can achieve accurate registration, you must fully understand and control all aspects...