{"id":25,"date":"2013-06-11T14:36:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T14:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simcobox.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2015-01-02T02:24:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T02:24:26","slug":"simco-offers-pad-printing-for-all-plastic-rnclosures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/simco-offers-pad-printing-for-all-plastic-rnclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"SIMCO Offers Pad Printing for All Plastic Enclosures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/\" rel='nofollow' >SIMCO<\/a> offers a pad printing process that will transfer two-dimensional images to any SIMCO plastic enclosure.\u00a0 \u00a0Pad Printing allows SIMCO\u2019s customers to display names, addresses, phone numbers, operating instructions, warnings, etc. on their products.\u00a0\u00a0 The advantage of pad printing is that it allows printing on irregular surfaces that other forms of printing can\u2019t manage.<\/p>\n<p>SIMCO requires good clean artwork o<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/padprinter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/padprinter.jpg\" alt=\"padprinter\" width=\"200\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/padprinter.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/padprinter-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>n a 1:1 scale in PDF, vector or jpeg format.\u00a0 The artwork is photographed and an etched plate is developed. \u00a0The plate itself does not come into contact with the enclosures.\u00a0 The plate is placed in the ink well and the image is transferred to the plastic by means of a transfer pad.\u00a0 The transfer pad is constructed of silicone rubber that allows the pickup and release process to occur.\u00a0 Because the transfer pad is soft and flexible, it can conform to the surface of the object that is being printed.<\/p>\n<p>SIMCO offers single color printing for simple jobs and multi-color pad printing when a more decorative solution is required.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpanding the options we offer our enclosure customers is part of our over-all growth strategy, according to SIMCO Vice-President and Production Manager Mike Early.<\/p>\n<p>SIMCO has been a leading manufacturer of high quality standard and custom injection molded enclosures since 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Its products include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/utility-boxes-to-be-found-at-simco\/\">utility boxes<\/a>, pocket-sized boxes, handheld cases and desktop housings. All SIMCO\u2019s molded products are made of UL\u00ae approved materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/\" rel='nofollow' >SIMCO<\/a> offers a pad printing process that will transfer two-dimensional images to any SIMCO plastic enclosure.\u00a0 \u00a0Pad Printing allows SIMCO\u2019s customers to display names, addresses, phone numbers, operating instructions, warnings, etc. on their products.\u00a0\u00a0 The advantage of pad printing is that it allows printing on irregular surfaces that other forms of printing can\u2019t manage. SIMCO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simcobox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}