Maria Savelyeva


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How to Make Photopolymer Printing Plates (Pad Printing Clichés) - Instructions & Videos

What is Pad Printing? Pad printing is an industrial process of printing onto for objects with curved and/or uneven surfaces. Pad printing machine has 3 main components: the pad, ink cup and the printing plate (also known as a pad printing cliché.) The ink cup slides over the image etched into the plate and leaves a thin layer of ink in the etched area. The... (posted by Maria 1 year 303 days ago.)
Printing on Ceramics: Screen Printing Ink vs Hot Melt Ink

After considering all the benefits and thoroughly testing the end product imprinted coffee mugs a factory in Canada has recently eliminated their high temperature conveyors, also called lehrs or kilns, and switched to screen printing with Sapphire CG series screen printing ink. Ray Murphy, the manager of ICN-Canada was at the factory to help with the transition. Ray reports: "By the time... (posted by Maria 2 years 98 days ago.)