Printing Methods to Choose From.

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Printing Method

Pros/Cons

Set up Fee

Pad printing (also  called tampo printing):

transfers a 2-D image onto a 3-D object.

-can print on uneven surfaces

-one pad one color at a time

-opaqueness depends on the ink consistency

$50/C

Hotstamping: pre-dried ink or foils are transferred to a surface at high temperatures

-can only be applied onto flat surfaces

-can be applied to most materials

-clean and neat edges

-one color at a time

-cannot print very fine details clearly

$50/C

Heat transfer printing

-can only be applied onto flat surfaces

-durable

-bold and bright colors

-multiple colors on the transfer paper at once

$120/color

Silk Screen printing