Know how – Pad Printing Process

Pad printing is an indirect photo-gravure process. An image is engraved into a metal printing plate, and ink is immersed and with the kinda doctored blade across the surface leaving ink only in the engraving.

A silicone rubber pad then compresses down onto the engraved plate and receive the ink; The image is now on the silicone pad.
Silicone rubber has the inherent nature which not allows ink to enter its surface and therefore when the pad presses down onto the product to be printed; it releases the ink as an absolute film.