All the Different Kinds of Ink Stamps You Can Order Online

The world of rubber ink stamps is infinitely more diverse today than it was about fifty years ago. You can buy the old design stamp that requires an external stamp pad and you can buy multi-colour self-inking stamps whose impressions rival machine prints. You can buy a variety of standard stamps with standard text and if you want you can order custom ink stamps online.

Take a look at all that is available in the wonderful world of rubber stamps.

The standard rubber stamp
This is the mainstay of most businesses. It has a wooden or plastic base and a handle. The rubber part may carry a standard inscription or a custom one that can be made to your order. You need a pad on which you rub the rubber part and then transfer the ink to paper.

Extra large ink stamps
You may want a larger than usual size to print labels or to print on large cartons. You can do it by ordering extra large size stamps. These have a convex surface. Instead of stamping down, you rock the stamp across the surface to create the print.

                                        

The day date stamp
The day date stamp brought mechanical sophistication to stamps. Instead of having a fixed date you have rubber bands arranged in a way that lets you rotate them to change the day, month and year. Even within this category you have the plain day-date stamp, the self-inking type and the multicolour type as well as custom ink stamp in which, apart from the date, you can incorporate a logo or company name or other text inscription.

                                         

Self inking stamps
It is all right to use plain stamps in your office. The process is mechanical and slow since you have to first wet the rubber part and then print on paper. The self-inking stamp is compact, includes a felt pad carrying the ink and a mechanism that brushes the rubber part against the pad before it travels down to print on paper. You can reink the cartridge stamp when the ink dries out. The pre-inked stamp is a variation in which the stamp material carries the ink. The surface does not have to brush against an ink bearing pad.

Vulcanised rubber, photopolymer and laser cut flat rubber sheets
In the beginning the only type of stamp available was the primitive vulcanised rubber stamp. It still is in use. However, photopolymer began to be used making it easy to create stamps with graphic illustration. This system has some drawbacks as regards sharpness and clarity. The laser cut flat rubber sheet stamp is the latest in rubber ink stamps tech. Instead of using rubber moulding compound, manufacturers now use a flat rubber sheet on which the characters or images are cut using a laser engraver. This is the best in terms of sharpness, even for letters as small as 6 point size. Plus, you can create the artwork using combination of text and graphics and order single as well as multi-colour ink stamps online. Go for this type. It gives the best impression.