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PERSONALISATION TECHNIQUES
PRINTING ROTARY PRINTING
PRINTING IS THE MOST POPULAR AND COST EFFECTIVE A TYPE OF SCREEN PRINTING IN WHICH THE PRODUCT IS
TECHNIQUE AND CAN TAKE THE FORMAT OF PAD ROLLED ALONG THE SCREEN SO THAT THE PRINT COVERS
PRINTING ALSO KNOWN AS TAMPO OR SCREEN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE PRODUCT, CREATING A
PRINTING. PAD OR TAMPO PRINTING INVOLVES THE USE ‘WRAP AROUND’ PRINT.
OF A PAD TO APPLY THE INK TO THE PRODUCT. SCREEN
PRINTING APPLIES THE INK VIA THE USE OF A STENCIL
PLACED ON A POROUS MATERIAL SCREEN.
TRANSFER PRINTING LITHO PRINTING
A PRINTED IMAGE IS APPLIED TO THERMAL PAPER LITHO PRINTING IS A METHOD USED TO PRINT TEXT
WHICH IS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE ITEM VIA A HEAT OR ARTWORK ONTO PAPER. THE REQUIRED IMAGE IS
PROCESS. THIS TECHNIQUE IS IDEAL FOR REPRODUCING ETCHED ONTO A METAL PLATE AND THEN TRANSFERRED
FOUR COLOUR PROCESS LOGOS ONTO MATERIAL BASED TO A RUBBER ROLLER. THE IMAGE IS THEN TAKEN FROM
PRODUCT. THE ROLLER AND APPLIED TO THE ITEM.
DIGITAL PRINTING DYE SUBLIMATION
PRODUCED USING INK JET PRINT MACHINERY. THE 4 PRINTING STARTS WITH FILMS THAT CONTAIN DYES;
COLOURS, CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW AND BLACK, ARE THESE ARE PLACED ON THE MATERIAL AND HEATED
USED IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES TO PRODUCE MILLIONS UP BY THE PRINT HEAD. THIS CAUSES THE PIGMENTS
OF DIFFERENT COLOURS AND SHADES. IT IS GREAT FOR TO LEAVE THE FILM AND ENTER INTO THE MATERIAL
PRINTING PHOTOS, FOUR COLOUR PROCESS IMAGES WHERE IT COOLS AND RESOLIDIFIES. THIS CREATES A
AND MORE DETAILED LOGOS GENTLE GRADATION AT THE EDGE OF EACH PIXEL AND
BECAUSE THE COLOUR INFUSES, IT IS LESS VULNERABLE
TO FADING AND DISTORTION OVER TIME.
LABEL/DOMING EMBROIDERY
SELFADHESIVE PRINTED LABEL. FOR DOMING ADD AN STITCHES ONE OR MULTICOLOURED LOGOS ONTO
EPOXY DOME COVER MADE OF POLYURETHANE RESIN; MATERIAL PRODUCTS USING A NEEDLE AND STRANDS
IT’S DURABLE, TOUGH AND LONG LASTING. THE LABEL OF THREAD OR YARN.
AND DOMING PROCESS IS OFTEN USED TO ACHIEVE
FOUR COLOUR PROCESS LOGOS AND CAN BE MORE
COST EFFECTIVE THAN OTHER PRINTING METHODS, AS
IT IS THE SAME COST REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF
PRINT COLOURS.
ENGRAVING ROTARY ENGRAVING
A VERY INTRICATE PROCESS WHICH INVOLVES CARVING THE PRINCIPLE IS MUCH THE SAME AS STANDARD
THE LOGO INTO THE ITEM, PRODUCING A PERMANENT ENGRAVING BUT SPECIALIST MACHINERY ENABLES THE
FORM OF BRANDING. IN MOST CASES ENGRAVING IS ITEM TO BE ROLLED AS IS IT MARKED, ALLOWING THE
PERFORMED BY SPECIALIST COMPUTER GUIDED LASER BRANDING TO COVER THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE
ENGRAVING MACHINERY. ITEM.
IRON STAMPING DEBOSSING
A HEATED METAL DYE IS PRESSED INTO THE SURFACE OF DEBOSSING IS A TECHNIQUE THAT LEAVES AN
THE ITEM WHICH LEAVES BEHIND AN IMPRESSION. THE IMPRESSION OF THE LOGO ON AN ITEM. A HEATED,
IMPRESSION IS THEN FILLED WITH COLOUR. METAL PLATE IS APPLIED TO THE SURFACE OF THE ITEM
AND WHEN REMOVED IT LEAVES BEHIND A RECESSED
IMPRINT.
FOIL BLOCKING PVC
SIMILAR TO DEBOSSING AND USING THE SAME PVC POLYVINYL CHLORIDE IS A TYPE OF PLASTIC
MACHINERY, FOIL BLOCKING LEAVES AN IMPRINT IN WHICH IS EASY TO MOULD AND CAN BE PRODUCED
THE ITEM, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT CAN ADD IN MANY COLOURS. A BESPOKE MOULD IS CREATED
COLOUR TO THE IMPRESSION. THE COLOUR IS ADDED INCORPORATING A LOGO IN VARIOUS SHAPES AND
BY PUTTING A COLOUR FOIL BETWEEN THE DYE AND THE DESIGNS AND IS THEN FILLED WITH THE LIQUID PVC
PRODUCT. THE MOST POPULAR COLOURS TO USE ARE AND LEFT TO SET AND HARDEN. SET UP COSTS ARE LOW,
SILVER AND GOLD. ALLOWING SMALL ORDER RUNS.
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