How It Compares<\/h3>

Silk screen printing lays down one colour per screen and suits bold, opaque graphics, while pad printing excels at small logos on curved or recessed parts. Transfer printing applies full-colour, photographic artwork in a single step over larger areas.
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Full-colour transfer printing for detailed graphics and photographic designs on cylindrical and flat plastic packaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2725,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1925","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"printing_intro_title":"Transfer Printing","printing_intro_desc":"Precision, Quality & Durability on Plastic Components","printing_intro_body":"

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