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Looking at getting one of the above. Watched a few videos on youtube but none show how the design gets put onto the metal plate to start with?

Anyone shed any light please?

Google "How to make pad printing cliche"

Thanks very much

We used to use Nylo plates on the pad printer we had.
The method to make a plate was to produce a positive, tape that to the plate and expose on a lightbox, the same lightbox we use to expose screen printing screens. Once exposed, the plate was washed in an alcohol solution bath, dried off and then attached to a magnetic cliche, ready for printing.
These types of plates are easily scratched if the doctor blade isn't set up correctly - once scratched, they're knackered. They're ideal for short to medium runs - but treat carefully, you could get 10's of thousands of prints off one plate.

Hmmmm. More homework required me thinks. Thanks John.

Just wondering, are you after a pad printer to stamp the bottom of mugs, or for more generalised use?

Generalised use. We are going to be pushing more towards promotional stuff soin so was looking at other ways than sub