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Pad printing (also pad-printing or padprinting) is a method of imprinting that uses a thick, soft silicone pad to lift the image to be printed from a photo-etched pad printing plate (or cliché) inked via a doktor blade sytem or inkcup and transfer it to the surface of the product or part to be decorated, also referred to as the substrate. The pad makes contact with the product using just the right amount of pressure to deliver the image. Because the pad-printing pad can wrap itself as much as 180° around a small object, ink coverage is excellent, making padprinting an ideal decorating method for small items that are contoured, irregular in shape or otherwise difficult to print on.
It is very likely that as a screenprinter you will have clients that need you to recreate their logo’s.They will either have a logo taken from their website (which is low res and not suitable) or they will hand you a brochure or other picture, that you must trace. Dunno about you but I’m not particularly fond of that mission, and one site that has saved me hours of boring logo recreation is thebestbrandsoftheworld website. The logo’s are provided in an EPS vector format which makes it ideal for screenprinting as the colours can be edited (in Coreldraw) and the lines are more crisp than than any Photo image.
Screen Printing
Applications
Screen printing is arguably the most versatile of all printing processes. It can be used to print on a wide variety of substrates, including paper, paperboard, plastics, glass, metals, fabrics, and many other materials. Some common products from the screen printing industry include posters, labels, decals, signage, and all types of textiles and electronic circuit boards. The advantage of screen printing over other print processes is that the press can print on substrates of any shape, thickness and size.
A significant characteristic of screen printing is that a greater thickness of the ink can be applied to the substrate than is possible with other printing techniques. This allows for some very interesting effects that are not possible using other printing methods. Because of the simplicity of the application process, a wider range of inks and dyes are available for use in screen printing than for use in any other printing process.
Not to be outdone by Telkom, whose international links went down this week
leaving ADSL users sending smoke signals instead, Eskom this week introduced
Rolling Blackouts again.This time it’s not only the Western Cape that will be out of power, but the
entire country.I therefore propose a simple ‘Save Jou Ma Se Power!’ campaign. Please change
your IM message/signature (on Skype or Google Talk or Jabber etc) to ‘Save
Jou Ma se Power!’ to raise awareness and remind people to switch off their
geysers and air conditioners during the day.Please help spread the word!
Henk
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