Pad Printing is contact-based printing process in which a silicone ball/pad is used to lift the color and design off of a plate and then transfer it on to the surface of the item to be imprinted.

Pad Printing machine is also sometimes known Tampo / Tampon printing after the popular company Tampoprint, Germany. It is also called tampon printing as the silicone pad was traditionally know as a tampon.

Why use pad printing ?

Pad printing is used for printing on various substrates like Plastics, Metals, Glass and Ceramics, Paper and Cardboard, Leather. But it is primary used in places where the printing area is small and / or the contour or surface of the object is not flat or hard to reach by other printing process.

How many colors can be printed using pad printing ?

Using pad printing you can print 1, 2, 4 or upto 6 color printing on the same surface and object. One color is done at a time, but registration between colors is good enough to allow upto six-color process printing. To achieve this the machies are usually fitted with conveyor or shuttles so that the object to be printed moves seamlessly from one printing station to the next printing station.