Pad Printing Raster Film 120 L/cm 90%

Raster film for pad printing clichés

Raster film with 120 lines/cm and 90% coverage, used to make pad printing clichés for designs with solid areas. You expose it on the photopolymer plate together with your design, and it leaves a fine grid of tiny points inside the etched areas.

Why you need it

In a large etched area the doctor blade or the ink cup ring dips in and scrapes out part of the ink, so the solid prints patchy or lighter in the middle. The raster grid supports the blade and holds the ink in place, so solids print evenly and with full coverage.

How to use it

1. Expose the plate with the film of your design in the UV exposure unit.
2. pad-printing-raster-filmm, place the raster film over the plate and expose again.
3. Develop the plate with alcohol as usual.

Exposure times depend on your UV unit, so run a test on a small piece of plate first. If it's your first cliché, our guide shows you step by step how to make pad printing plates yourself.