We would like to better understand how this 1-colour pad printing machine works.We need to print some text on the inside of the arm on a pair of glasses, it’s approximately 2.5 mm high and 25 mm long. We’d like to know: how to prepare the pad printing clichés and how much it costs; what kind of ink is best to use and how long the printed text lasts.

With the one-colour manual pad printing machine it’s certainly possible to print the text you describe.


It’s probably not even necessary to remove the arm from the glasses.

You can get 5-6 pieces of text on each cliché, so you will need about 4 clichés.

If the texts are repeated, it’s probably not convenient for you to acquire the equipment and expose the clichés yourself, it might be better to buy clichés that have been pre-exposed from your file and are ready to printing.

The writing on the arm is very durable, provided you identify the most suitable ink to use with that material.