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A rubber stamp is
defined as a rubber stamp text plate plus a rubber stamp holder.
The rubber stamp holder can be
made of wood or plastic but when people think of a rubber stamp most think
of the old traditional wood handle as holder of the rubber
stamp text plate plus the separate rubber stamp ink pad for
inking.
The word rubber
stamp is these days not just cover the description of the old traditional
rubber stamp with the wood handle but the two words rubber stamp has become
a general expression for all type of rubber stamp products. Rubber stamp
products can either be a self inking rubber stamp made of metal or a self
inking rubber stamp made of plastic or just the old traditional rubber
stamp. Self inking rubber stamp daters are also big sellers on the market
and even the plain rubber stamp dater with a separate ink pad is still
being sold.
The history of a
rubber stamp goes back to name Goodyear. He invented the automobile tire
but he also invented the rubber stamp. The production of
the rubber stamp text plate is a vulcanising process plus several other
production processes. To watch a rubber stamp text plate being produced is
interesting. From the rubber stamp text has been designed on a computer
normally using the software coral draw to the finished rubber stamp text
plate a number of chemical processes are involved plus the end
vulcanising.
It is truly amazing how tiny
details it is possible to show on the rubber stamp text plate when you see
how it being done. But a well produced rubber stamp text plate can make a
quality impression of even tiny points.
New technology is
also gradually changing the rubber stamp production methods. The laser
technology now available makes it possible to produce rubber stamp text
plates one by one where you so far have had to produce your rubber stamp
text plates in A4 size sheets and thereafter use a sizor or to cut out each
rubber stamp text plate.
In the UK the old
traditional rubber stamp with a separate ink pad is still sold in huge
quantities. There are no official rubber stamp statistics available but it
is estimated by the rubber stamp manufacturers guild that about 3.5 million
rubber stamp we sold yearly.
The rubber stamp is always the
last people think about. Ah – we also need a rubber stamp. I forgot that
is very common. Fortunately Solid Stamps is able to produce a
rubber stamp from order is received to dispatch within 24
hours. With the new – but expensive – laser technology you can produce
the rubber stamp text plate within minutes.
The future of the
rubber stamp
market is difficult to predict. New technology and especially the computer
technology is revolutionising the office. Documents are being done in
“cyberspace “ and the need for a rubber stamp to stamp and verify
documents are getting fewer. We who rare in the business do believe that
for many years to come the rubber stamp market will still be there – and
still be very big.
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