Transfer printing is a process of transferring pictures and texts from steel gravure plate (or photosensitive gravure plate) to printing substrate through a silicone rubber casting transfer head. It can be used for printing flat or various shapes, such as glass products, plastic products, metal products, clocks and watches, electronic and optical products. Its main characteristic is that it can stop printing irregular special-shaped concave and convex surfaces. It is very difficult for these printing to be completed by other printing methods, but it can be easily completed by pad printing and multi-color and exquisite printing can be completed. This is an ideal printing method for the appearance printing of instruments, equipment and some small products.

移印與網版印刷有著很多類似之處，比方，對承印物的順應性普遍；油墨品種繁多，移印油墨和網印油墨根本上能夠通用；經過改換夾具和印版能夠十分便當地完成不同產品的印刷等。所以，在很多印刷場所中移印和網版印刷就像一對孿生姐妹一樣密切無間，共同扮演特種印刷技術的重要角色。正由于如此，許多印刷廠家都把移印劃歸到網版印刷的范疇，而不細分特地的移印技術和研討機構。但是，移印和網版印刷的特性和運用技術還是有一定差異的。

There are many similarities between transfer printing and screen printing. For example, the adaptability to the substrate is universal; there are many kinds of inks, transfer ink and screen printing ink can be basically universal; after changing fixtures and plates, printing of different products can be easily completed. Therefore, in many printing places, transfer printing and screen printing are as close as twin sisters, playing an important role in special printing technology. Because of this, many printing companies classify transfer printing as screen printing, without subdividing the transfer technology and research institutions. However, there are still some differences in the characteristics and application techniques of offset printing and screen printing.

，從油墨的轉移過程來看，移印和網印具有明顯的差別；移印機和網印機的構造也不相同；移印技術順應的產種類類和網版印刷也大相徑庭。從客觀上來看，移印和網印的差異要遠遠大于它們之間的類似之處，而之所以習氣把它們捆在一同，更大的緣由是移印和網印面對的是一個共同的市場，在這個共同市場上，網印離不開移印。從網印行業中剝離移印比擬艱難，也沒什么必要，但是要深化理解移印工藝技術就不能只以網印行業的目光來審視它。

First of all, from the transfer process of ink, there are obvious differences between offset printing and screen printing; the structure of offset printing machine and screen printing machine is also different; the types of products and screen printing technology are also different. From an objective point of view, the difference between transfer and screen printing is far greater than the similarities between them, and the reason why they are tied together by habits is that transfer and screen printing are facing a common market, in which screen printing can not be separated from transfer. It is difficult and unnecessary to peel off the transfer technology from the screen printing industry. However, to deepen the understanding of the transfer technology, we can not only look at it from the perspective of the screen printing industry.

總結起來，移印的特性主要有：

To sum up, the main characteristics of transfer printing are as follows:

1、適于曲面印刷，富于彈性的硅橡膠移印頭關于平面以外的二次、三次曲面，凹凸面等外形復雜的承印物都能印刷；

1. Suitable for curved surface printing. Flexible silicone rubber transfer head can be printed on quadratic and cubic curved surfaces, concave and convex surfaces and other complex shapes.

2、能印刷較精密的圖文，普通能夠印刷0.05 mm 的細線；

2. It can print more precise pictures and texts, and can print 0.05 mm fine lines in general.

3、印刷穩定持續，即便長時間印刷，其印刷精度也不會改動；

3. Printing is stable and persistent, and its printing accuracy will not change even if it is printed for a long time.

4、省去了枯燥工序，可連續多色印刷；

4. It eliminates the boring process and can be used for continuous multi-color printing.

5、承印范圍普遍，可在塑料、金屬、玻璃、陶瓷、皮革、膠木等各種資料制品上的恣意凹凸外表準確地停止單色、雙色和彩色圖文的印刷，還可停止柔軟接觸印刷，還能在柔軟的物品( 如水果、糕點、雞蛋等) 以及易碎脆弱的物品( 如陶瓷、玻璃制品等) 上停止印刷；

5. The printing range is widespread. It can stop printing of monochrome, bicolor and colour pictures accurately on the surface of materials such as plastics, metals, glass, ceramics, leather, bakelite and so on. It can also stop printing on soft objects such as fruits, cakes, eggs, etc. and fragile and fragile items such as ceramics, glass products, etc. ;

6、移印工藝操作簡單易學且運轉牢靠，沒有特別深奧的技術。

6. The operation of transfer printing process is simple, easy to learn and reliable, and there is no particularly profound technology.