Pad and Digital Printing

Add logos, labels, instructions, and graphics directly to your molded parts. Our pad and digital printing services clean, durable marks on flat, curved, and textured surfaces.

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What We Offer

Printing on plastic parts takes the right method for the surface and the design. Pad printing uses a soft silicone pad to lift ink from an etched plate and press it onto your part. The flexible pad shapes around curves, recesses, and textures, so it prints on surfaces that flat methods cannot reach. Digital printing uses inkjet technology to apply detailed, multi-color graphics straight onto the part with no plate or pad.

Pad printing is the right call for logos, part numbers, instructions, and small graphics on shaped parts like enclosures, knobs, and housings. Digital printing is the right call for full-color images, photo-quality detail, and short runs where a custom plate would slow things down.

We print on the materials we mold every day, including ABS, polycarbonate, polypropylene, nylon, acrylic, and PVC. Each job is set up with the right ink, cure method, and surface prep so the print stays sharp and stays put.

Our Printing Process

We review your artwork, color specs, and placement. Files are prepared, and either an etched plate is built for pad printing or the digital file is loaded for inkjet output.

Plastic parts are cleaned to remove mold release, dust, and oils that can stop ink from bonding. Some materials, like polypropylene and polyethylene, get a flame or plasma treatment to help ink adhere.

Inks are matched to your plastic and your color targets. The ink chemistry, opacity, and cure type are chosen to hold up under handling, cleaning, and end use.

Pad printing transfers ink from the etched plate to the part using a silicone pad. Digital printing lays ink directly onto the part with an inkjet head. Multi-color jobs run pass by pass with tight registration.

Prints are cured by air, heat, or UV, depending on the ink. Each part is checked for sharpness, color match, and placement before it moves on.