by Stephen Chrisos, Inkcups Now Many of the colorful and interesting icons and graphics seen daily are created with pad printing technology. With pad printing, it is easy to add fun graphics and colorful art to almost any object, including the human body. From T-shirts and toothbrushes to promotional items, computers and the text and graphics on the inside of a car, many of … [Read more...] about Cool Things Decorated with Pad Printing
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Seasonal Tips for Pad Printing Inks
Diversified Printing Techniques After what seemed like a long winter and a brief glimpse of spring, the warm summer weather seems to be making its first appearance of 2014. For many people, this means trips to the beach, days spent by the pool and maybe even a mojito or two. For those of us in the printing industry, however, hot temperatures and high humidity mean paying extra … [Read more...] about Seasonal Tips for Pad Printing Inks
What are the Differences in Drying and Curing Pad Printing Inks?
by John Kaverman, Pad Print Pros LLC When you read the technical data for a pad printing ink, you'll notice that the recommended drying and curing parameters generally are called out separately. This is because drying and curing are two distinctly different things. Drying simply is evaporating the solvents from the printed ink film. Curing is the chemical reaction that … [Read more...] about What are the Differences in Drying and Curing Pad Printing Inks?
The Elements of Green Pad Printing
by David Ho, KENT Engineering Co., Ltd. How does pad printing cause pollution? Like other forms of printing, pad printing utilizes ink, solvents, films and various kinds of chemicals. Some of these chemicals will be disposed into the water, soil and air, which eventually will pollute the environment. Ink and cleaning solvents are by far the most serious pollutants. Ink … [Read more...] about The Elements of Green Pad Printing
Solutions to Pad Printing Adhesion Problems
by John Kaverman Pad printing is a means of placing a high-quality decoration or mark on a variety of products. But what happens when the ink doesn't adhere properly? The following tips can help pad printers overcome ink adhesion problems. 1. Printing on a substrate that is difficult or impossible to print on. Some examples of difficult or impossible substrates include TPU … [Read more...] about Solutions to Pad Printing Adhesion Problems