Troubleshooting Pad Printing

Our pad printing specialists have collected the most often occurring problems and solutions.
Click the links for the cause and solution information.

  • Image does not fully release from pad…
  • Ink remaining on non-imaged areas of plate and printing on part as a shadow or haze…
  • Print is smeared or blurred…
  • Image is distorted on a flat part; size of image is one square inch or less…
  • Image is distorted on cylinder, print area less than 90º arc…
  • Image is distorted on a compound curved substrate…
  • Spots / Blotches in printed image…
  • Pinholes in print…
  • Loss of registration of multicolored image…
  • Printed image will not pass cross hatch tape test…
  • Fine detail and lines are not printing…
  • Not picking up full image on pad…
  • The print looks fuzzy or cobwebby at edges of design…
  • Threads and splashes…
  • Ink not opaque…Thumbnail Troubleshooting Brochure
  • Ink is not printing on substrate uniformly…
  • Ink is not printing on substrate uniformly…
  • The printed image is not glossy enough…
  • Color does not match original color after printing…

All problems and solutions can be looked up in our Troubleshooting Brochure