All You Need To Know About The Rubber Printing Dies
Rubber printing plates have been the usual way to print on flexible materials since the early 1900s. Before that, the process was known as aniline printing, and after that, gummidruck. A lot of progress has been made in photopolymer and other printing methods, but old rubber printing plates are still the best for many printing tools. Molds made from magnesium carvings are used to vulcanize rubber plates in an oven under pressure. You can get rubber that is either natural or man-made, and it can be made in any shape or size that you need. Not many trade shops still make foam plates. Rubber plates are hard to make because you need special tools and know-how. This is why most rubber platemaking manufacturers who make printing plates now use polymer. It's easy for rubber plates to let ink out, and they can take a lot of different inks that are harsh on surfaces. Lots of imprints can be made on rubber plat...