This technology is used for printing on all types of material (plastics, glass, metals, wood, leather, ceramics). The technology is suitable for items of small dimensions, such as ball pens, openers, lighters, key rings, etc. The pad printing can be used for multi-colour printing as well. This technology transfers colour to the printed item using silicone pads of various shapes and hardness.
This technique transfers the logo to the item by using a silk-screen template and a printer’s spatula. It is used for printing on paper, plastics, self-adhesive labels, textiles, T-shirts, caps, bags, umbrellas, and so on. With silk-screen printing it is possible to print full-colour patterns using the CMYK system as well as the direct colour scanning.
This technique makes use of silk-screen printing. Flock printing applies a layer of glue on a template of the whole logo on the printed item, usually a fabric (T-shirt, cap, anorak, sweatshirt, etc.). Flock fibres in each colour composing the customer's logo are then applied to this layer until the final image is achieved. This technique is only limited by the complexity of the design motif and the colour range of the flock fibre.
This technology allows embroidering a customer's logo almost on any textile product (T-shirts, towels, caps, etc.) which must be clamped into a special embroidery frame. Considering the size of the logo, it should be simple to be clearly recognisable after embroidery. Individual texts must be minimum 7mm high. First of all, a control programme for the given logo, which is invoiced separately, must be created. Creation of such programme is time demanding and thus quite expensive, however, the programme can be used for repeated orders and is not further invoiced.
This technology allows printing (embossing) on materials such as leather, imitation leather and paper. This technology requires manufacturing an embossing die of a thermally conductive material shaped as the logo. The die is manufactured using manual or machine engraving into brass. As this technique is time demanding, it is expensive. However, the die, when paid by the customer, becomes his or her property and may whenever be used again as its service life is almost unlimited.
The embossing die is clamped into the machine and heated to the desired temperature. Then the symbol is embossed into the given item using pressure and the acquired temperature.
This technology is mostly used for wallets, diaries and wine labels. This type of embossing uses brass dies due to their better thermal conductivity.
The embossing may be made without a foil (so-called blind finishing that creates very fine inconspicuous embossed work on the item surface) or with a foil that creates a very conspicuous embossed work with the chosen foil colour (gold, silver, blue, etc).
It is a special technology using laser beam for marking metal, metal-coated, wooden and plastic advertising items with painted surfaces. Due to the high quality contrast and durable printing (marking) this technology has completely replaced electrochemical etching and machine engraving. When marking the items using this technology the surface layer of material is evaporated (approx. 0.03mm with metal and plastic materials and 0.5-1.0mm with wood depending on its hardness). On chrome- and nickel-plated advertising items (ball pens, lighters) this technology creates a very contrast marking where its colour shade depends on colour of the base material. On stainless steel items (bottles, pots, knives, etc.) the marking is fine and its colour shade is almost the same as the original colour of the stainless steel item. On items with thick walls (over 3mm) a local tarnish may be utilised; in such case the colour of marking is dark brown to black.
Colour of laser marking on wooden items depends on hardness and structure of the material, mostly it is a slightly darker than the item itself. On plastic items (pocket calculators) the surface layer is evaporated and the resulting colour of the marking is mostly black.
