Printing disposable lighters

[printeire]

HI all
I have been asked if I could print on disposable lighters The potential customer is looking for printing on bic lighters which have a rounded surface. Has anyone printed these. The only way I can think of is pad printing but I don't have a pad printer. Any suggestions would be welomed

Thanks

[arko]

Source the work out if you havent got a pad printer. They are not really that expensive for a manual one but then that is some hard graft if you have to do say 5000 at a sitting!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electrical-Pa ... 19e5424c21
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electrical-Pa ... 2ece7466a2
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pad-Printers- ... 4d078b3494

They are jusdt examples. I think Earl on here is a bit clued up on pad printers?

[Earl Smith]

I did look into Pad Printing a few years ago but found that I couldnt compete with the big boys. Now I out source this work.

[printeire]

Thanks Arko and Earl

will look at outsourcing if customer decides to go ahead

[John G]

Had a pad printer but got rid as like Earl said above - competing with the big boys was pointless.
You can screen print onto them if they have a flat side - I've done many thousands of these (one colour) but the market went up in smoke (lol) after the cig ban came in for pubs.

Cheers John