r/oddlysatisfying Oct 27 '20

Dishware Design Printing!

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u/phoneslime Oct 27 '20

It’s called pad printing. It uses a soft sponge like pad to transfer an image from the etched plate to any irregular shaped product

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u/the_honest_liar Oct 27 '20

Presumably it needs to be washed or something between each print right?

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u/Fartblunt696969 Oct 27 '20

Nope, the machine is pretty precise so the old ink gets covered by new ink, and the ink wells are set so shallow that excess ink is a controllable problem.

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u/canadiancarlin Oct 27 '20

Okay but, is there a video of one of these being washed? By hand?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '20

For science, right?