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    Pad printer

    Looking at getting one of the above. Watched a few videos on youtube but none show how the design gets put onto the metal plate to start with?

    Anyone shed any light please?

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    Google "How to make pad printing cliche"

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    Thanks very much

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    We used to use Nylo plates on the pad printer we had.
    The method to make a plate was to produce a positive, tape that to the plate and expose on a lightbox, the same lightbox we use to expose screen printing screens. Once exposed, the plate was washed in an alcohol solution bath, dried off and then attached to a magnetic cliche, ready for printing.
    These types of plates are easily scratched if the doctor blade isn't set up correctly - once scratched, they're knackered. They're ideal for short to medium runs - but treat carefully, you could get 10's of thousands of prints off one plate.

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    Hmmmm. More homework required me thinks. Thanks John.

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    Just wondering, are you after a pad printer to stamp the bottom of mugs, or for more generalised use?

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    Generalised use. We are going to be pushing more towards promotional stuff soin so was looking at other ways than sub

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