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As a child, or even as an adult have you had the chance to enjoy an old fashion train whistle? Think back to your last time perusing an old-time penny candy shop or a trip to a living museum. Wooden train whistles make for a timeless souvenir and can capture the attention of all those

Whether you’ve been pad printing for fifty years or are a mere fifteen minutes into your first pad printing session we are confident you’ll find answers, tips, and tricks that will help you along the printing journey. Read further to find a collection of the most common pad printing troubleshooting tips and answers. This blog

Have you sought out Inkcups because you have a unique item you wish to print on? Is that item made of rubber, fabric, or polyurethane? Or simply put, is it flexible? Here at Inkcups we strive to print on any material or substrate you can throw at us. Pad printers can accommodate printing many “non-traditional”

One of many notable qualities about the Inkcups Headquarters in Massachusetts is the vast amount of inventory available at a moments notice for our customers. Not only is the US Inkcups fully stocked, but the same can be said for the offices and warehouses in Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Germany.

The PN Series polypropylene pad printing ink is specially designed for both treated and untreated pure polypropylene substrates.

Plastic pad printing ink can be for solvent-sensitive or non-solvent sensitive plastics. If the product is solvent-sensitive, it will not need pre-treatment because the solvent in the ink will slightly alter the molecular composition of the product, allowing for better adhesion. On the other hand, non-solvent sensitive plastics will not see a change when solvent

Pad printing ink for glass is a 2-component ink meaning it needs solvent and hardener to mix and print properly. With pad printing ink, solvent helps to improve the transferability and drying of the ink while hardener is the catalyst for curing the ink for better durability.

Joe Shairs, Ink manager and compliance officer at Inkcups, a leading supplier and manufacturer of industrial Inkjet printing equipment, discusses pad printing on silicone.

Labeling in the medical industry is imperative. A mislabeled product can have serious consequences. These items are typically used in close contact or repeated contact with the skin, making the need for medical grade ink just as important as the label itself. This article will review what qualifies pad printing ink for personal protective equipment

What is a Pad Printing Ink Solvent? Pad printing ink solvent is added to the pad printing ink to break-up the resin and pigments to ensure the ink is tacky enough to be transferred from the silicone pad printing pad to the substrate. Before being added to the ink, the pad printing ink solvent is