Patent ID: 8342088

Claim:
A method for pad printing a pattern comprising product label information on a knitted textile substrate with a pad printing machine having a cliché, at least one printing pad, and at least one printing area, to form a tagless product label, the method comprising the steps of: positioning a knitted textile substrate on the printing area of the pad printing machine, the knitted textile substrate having a selected thickness and inner and outer surfaces; transferring a pattern comprising product label information from the cliché to the at least one printing pad, the pattern having a depth less than the thickness of the knitted textile substrate and formed from a composition including an ink, a solvent, and a hardener, such that the composition dries without penetrating the entire thickness of the knitted textile substrate; and transferring the pattern comprising the product label information from the at least one printing pad to one of the inner and outer surfaces of the knitted textile substrate.