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Have you ever noticed just how many items in your daily life have print directly on them? From pens to gaming systems to everything in between. What about items that aren’t necessarily prominent in your life, but have the upmost importance, like medical devices such as a catheter tube? When it comes down to lifesaving

The 2200-PS 2-Color Pad Printing Machine with Pad-Slide is the ideal pad printing machine for Tagless, promotional, plastic molded, industrial and other applications as shown in the below 2-color pad printing video. The flexibility of this pad printing machine makes for easy printing of up to 2 colors meaning it can print 1-color or 2-colors.

For this blog series we will continue our in-depth exploration of Inkcups pad printing ink offerings with a focus on the MB Series line. Inkcups has a whopping line up of ten different pad printing inks! We understand that means it can be tricky to identify which ink is best for your application. Never fear,

Are you familiar with our pad printing ink line, the CG Series? If not, never fear. Together let us take a magnifying glass to CG inks to find out what makes them special. Spoiler alert! Highlights include: Non-toxic Dishwasher safe after heat cure Perfect for pad printing on drinkware, cosmetic bottles, and more!

Whether you’re new to pad printing or a seasoned professional, this pad printing troubleshooting guide is designed to answer common questions and provide tips and tricks that will help you along the printing journey. We’ll cover ink, pre-treatment, and substrates so you can troubleshoot issues as they arise. Read further to find a collection of

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”

The pad printing process transfers a 2D design onto a 3D product by running a loaded ink cup over an etched plate which transfers the image to a pad then to the product. One of the first steps in the process is etching the plate. Plates can be etched by either fiber laser or CO2

Hard hats are not a common item to find in the everyday home. In fact, hard hats appeal to a very limited amount of people. But for those that require the safety of a hard hat, it is an extremely important purchase. Hard hat printing is another way to diversify your product line. The rule

The 2200-LS is a two color pad printing machine that incorporates a 20-station servo-driven indexing conveyor. This machine is perfect for high-volume production where parts are loaded and then offloaded into a box or bin.

DuraLaze is a pad printing cliché material that is perfect for a variety of pad printing applications.