Katalog UMA

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Printing templates and finishing
This is how writing instruments become elegant advertising media!
FINISHING
Our mission is to create an optimal writing advertising medium. For this
we use the most innovative and modern finishing park in Europe.
We are happy to share our many years of experience with you to ensure
satisfaction in the long term.
In order to achieve the best printing results it may be necessary to
underlay the print with white or to implement a double print. In these cases
we will coordinate additional printing costs with you.
Depending on colour or material (transparent housing) we recommend
the use of printing inks with a high contrast to the color of the pen.
This optimizes visibility and the legibility of the print.
The duarbility of printing inks on plastic models can be not compare
with the special surface qualities of metal writing instruments (pressure
key MT/MS) or rubberised soft-touch surfaces (pressure key GT).
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)
This is the most popular and efficient method of finishing
writing instruments by printing on the barrel. The
image to be printed will be generated from the artwork
and then applied to the screen using a photochemical
process. In this process, only the areas of printing are
permeable to ink, causing images to appear on the
print substrate by means of a pressing process. With
screen printing it is possible to achieve multi-colour
and all-round prints, which makes optimum use of the
promotional surface of the ballpoint pen. This means,
that line as well as grid templates can be implemented.
Please contact our experts if you require further
detailed information.
Pad Printing (T, MT, GT, TT)
Pad printing allows to print on concave and convex
surfaces. When it comes to printing on clips it’s mostly
done by pad printing or multi-coloured image printing.
A film will be generated from the artwork, thereof a
cliché will be created. By using a silicone pad (like a
rubbered stamp) the colour will be transferred from
the cliché onto a substrate. The advertising surface of
cylindrical writing instruments have a maximum height
of 2/3rds of the diameter. Pad printing can be used on
any material.
Laser technology (L, RL, EL)
The laser technology opens up completely new possibilities
of manufacturing because even finer and more
precise processing are possible, with any materials.
Especially with metal surfaces, the laser shows its full
strength, by removing accurate to the millimetre a fine
layer of the writing instruments surface. Thanks to the
latest laser technology, high-gloss personalisation and
360°-engraving are included in the uma assortment.
Cauterisation (E)
Classic and expressive appears the cauterisation on
pure metal. At first a film will be generated from the
artwork, afterwards a template for the cauterisation.
By using an electrolyte solution and the supply
of power the metal will be inducted and changes its
colour into an anthracite, black background. This
procedure suits for smaller, single-line logos.