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298 Printing templates and finishing

This is how writing instruments become elegant advertising media!
Our mission is to create an optimal writing advertising medium. For this Depending on colour or material (transparent housing) we recommend
FINISHING We are happy to share our many years of experience with you to ensure This optimizes visibility and the legibility of the print.
the use of printing inks with a high contrast to the color of the pen.
we use the most innovative and modern finishing park in Europe.
satisfaction in the long term.
The duarbility of printing inks on plastic models can be not compare
with the special surface qualities of metal writing instruments (pressure
In order to achieve the best printing results it may be necessary to
key MT/MS) or rubberised soft-touch surfaces (pressure key GT).
underlay the print with white or to implement a double print. In these cases
we will coordinate additional printing costs with you.
The printing results on these surfaces are basically stable, but higher
abrasion probabilities apply and a lower scratch resistance than prints
on plastics.

Silk printing (S, MS, GS) Pad Printing (T, MT, GT, TT)
This is the most popular and efficient method of finish- Pad printing allows to print on concave and convex
ing writing instruments by printing on the barrel. The surfaces. When it comes to printing on clips it’s mostly
image to be printed will be generated from the artwork done by pad printing or multi-coloured image printing.
and then applied to the screen using a photochemical A film will be generated from the artwork, thereof a
process. In this process, only the areas of printing are cliché will be created. By using a silicone pad (like a
permeable to ink, causing images to appear on the rubbered stamp) the colour will be transferred from
print substrate by means of a pressing process. With the cliché onto a substrate. The advertising surface of
screen printing it is possible to achieve multi-colour cylindrical writing instruments have a maximum height
and all-round prints, which makes optimum use of the of 2/3rds of the diameter. Pad printing can be used on
promotional surface of the ballpoint pen. This means, any material.
that line as well as grid templates can be implemented.
Please contact our experts if you require further
detailed information.

Laser technology (L, RL, EL) Cauterisation (E)
The laser technology opens up completely new possi- Classic and expressive appears the cauterisation on
bilities of manufacturing because even finer and more pure metal. At first a film will be generated from the
precise processing are possible, with any materials. artwork, afterwards a template for the cauterisa-
Especially with metal surfaces, the laser shows its full tion. By using an electrolyte solution and the supply
strength, by removing accurate to the millimetre a fine of power the metal will be inducted and changes its
layer of the writing instruments surface. Thanks to the colour into an anthracite, black background. This
latest laser technology, high-gloss personalisation and procedure suits for smaller, single-line logos.
360°-engraving are included in the uma assortment.