Pad Printing is where an inked image is transferred from a photo-etched plate to a thick, soft silicone pad. The pad is then pressed against the object. The pad can wrap itself as much as 180° around a small object, and ink coverage is excellent. One color is done at a time, but registration between colors is good enough to allow four-color process printing. Pad printing is mostly used for printing onto corporate gifts like pens, golf balls, mugs etc.
