Pad printing, also called tampography or tampo printing, is an indirect offset (gravure) printing process where a silicon pad takes a 2-D image from a laser engraved (etched) printing plate (also called cliché) and transfers it to a 3-D object. - Printing International. . . . #designtherapy #product #productdesign #industrialdesign #designinspiration #designer #productdesigner #industrialdesigner #therapydesign #productrendering #therapy #design #products #industrialdesign #designmaster #padprin

Color Printing History: Lithographs, Offset Printing, CMYK

The Social Impact of the Printing Press

Nurtle on Instagram: "This is a letterpress printing machine, a mechanical printing system that dominated commercial print for decades before offset and digital methods took over. Letterpress works using relief printing, meaning ink is applied to raised type or plates and then pressed directly onto paper. The rotating ink disk spreads ink evenly, while the rollers carry it to the type before pressure transfers the design. This process creates a slight physical impression in the paper, something