by Jen Clark, Plastics Decorating Pad printing has long been a popular choice for decorating plastic parts. It gives marketers the ability to decorate a wide range of two- and three-dimensional objects, including those with difficult shapes. New ink formulations have been able to give pad printed objects a high-end quality, as well as move companies specializing in the … [Read more...] about Q&A: Pad Printing Ink Options Expand
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Pad Printing Tip: Remember Substrate Height
by Inkcups Now . Have you ever been in the middle of a production run only to discover that the printing pad suddenly split in two? Most people would think there is something wrong with the pad itself, hoping that a new pad will do the trick. When the same problem occurs over and over, it's time to find out what's really going on. Does the picture look familiar? It … [Read more...] about Pad Printing Tip: Remember Substrate Height
Cool Things Decorated with Pad Printing
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
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?