Decoration Method
Pad Printing
A silicone pad picks up ink from an etched plate and stamps it onto curved or hard surfaces.
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Built for promotional items.
Pad printing is the workhorse of branded promo items. A soft silicone pad lifts ink from an etched plate and lays it onto round, recessed, or oddly shaped surfaces that screens cannot reach. Clean, precise, and built for high volume runs of small items.
Why teams choose it
- Prints on curved and irregular surfaces
- Fine detail on small imprint areas
- Fast cycle times for high volume
- Crisp single or multi color logos
How it works
- 1Logo etched into a printing plate
- 2Ink flooded and scraped into the etch
- 3Silicone pad lifts the ink off the plate
- 4Pad presses the ink onto your product