Tampo

Pad printedbusiness, promotional and advertising gifts , often called tampo printing, has a silicone rubber pad which transfers ink from an engraved steel block to usually curved substrate; nevertheless pad printing is method of choice for flat and even surfaces.

Primarily used at one time as a method for branding golf balls and similar round items in single or spot colours however current technology allows full colour printing in a single pass.

Current tampo printing is now sufficiently advanced to be the method of choice on prestige business, promotional and advertising gifts because five colours can be printed in a single pass...a significant advance.

In fact, Swiss Army products recommend pad printing for many of their high-end business, promotional and advertising gifts...and this includes watches, pens, Golf Tool, SwissTool and particular knives from the Swiss Army range.

If you are buying business gifts it will be helpful if you know about digital printing, die stamping, embroidery, engraving, etching, off-set ltho, tampo (pad printing), screen printing, sublimation printing, transfer printing and weaving.