What is the difference between pad printing and screen printing
Many businesses know the existence of pad printing and screen printing, but they don't know what the difference between the two is? I don't know what kind of technology is good for my work, in fact, don't be confused, and then professionals will introduce you to the difference between the two, so that it is more conducive to enterprises to choose printing companies for cooperation, I hope the following introduction can help you. The difference between pad printing and screen printing In China, the pad printing process and the screen printing process are common special printing technologies, so what is the difference between these two processes, the printing consumables industry network will introduce the knowledge of pad printing and screen printing. The principle of pad printing is to use the method of photographic plate making to make the pattern to be printed, and then make the steel plate into gravure and then transfer it to the printed material through a special silicone print head, and according to the different materials of the product, the special ink can be modulated to ensure the quality. The principle of screen printing is to make the ink pass through the holes of the plate (paper, ceramics, etc.) through the holes of the printing plate (paper film plate or other plates) during printing, through a certain pressure to transfer the ink to the substrate (paper, ceramics, etc.) to form an image or text. There are many similarities between the pad printing process and the screen printing technology, for example, it has a wide range of adaptability to substrates; There are many types of inks, pad printing inks and screen printing inks can basically be universal; By changing the fixture and printing plate, it is very convenient to complete the printing of different products, etc. Therefore, in many occasions, pad printing technology and screen printing technology are inseparable, together play an important role in special printing, it is because pad printing technology and screen printing technology are so close, most printing experts will classify it as the field of screen printing to investigate, so far there is no special institution to study pad printing technology, and there is also a lack of institutions dedicated to the distribution of pad printing technology in the market to conduct a detailed investigation, many data involving pad printing enterprises can not independently reflect the actual situation of pad printing technology. However, there are many differences between pad printing and screen printing, such as: there are obvious differences in the transfer process of ink; The structure of the printing press is different; The types of substrates are also very different, and in fact the differences between them are far greater than the similarities. We are accustomed to tying them together because they are facing a common market. In this common market, pad printing is inseparable from screen printing, and screen printing is inseparable from pad printing. It is difficult and unnecessary to strip pad printing from the screen printing industry, but if you want to understand the current situation of pad printing process technology, you can't look at it from the perspective of the screen printing industry. We all attribute the printing involving paper to the mainstream printing, the mainstream printing has always been highly valued by the theoretical community, in recent years, screen printing has been valued, the primary reason is that its printing advantages in paper have been found rather than people pay attention to its advantages in the scope of substrates, such as: the use of screen printing to complete the UV local glazing of paper, special UV inks such as coral ink, ice ink, wrinkle ink printing to compare printing, flexographic printing has a better effect. Pad printing technology is not so lucky, in all the printing processes are exploring to play their respective advantages to the integration of today, pad printing technology still maintains its independent identity, the connection between paper and pad printing technology is still blank, but pad printing technology has not stopped its rapid growth, because, the field that pad printing technology is good at is not completed by any other printing process, the prosperity of the industry in the Pearl River Delta strongly supports the high growth rate of 18% per year in the pad printing industry. The jobs created by the pad printing technology-related industries every year have also been of interest to the *11* sector. Generally speaking, the technical content of the pad printing process is not high, and it is very difficult to continue to develop in the case of high production costs in developed countries, so the transfer of the pad printing industry to developing countries with low labor costs such as China is an inevitable trend.