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SCREEN PRINTING
TRANSFER PRINT
PAD PRINTING
DEBOSSING
PERFECT PRINT
LASER ENGRAVING
ETCH ENGRAVING
DECALS
EMBROIDERY
PERMA PRINT
NATURAL COTTON HEAT TRANSFERS
PERMA PRESS
Branding
Graph X design offers many branding techniques that will fit any of his products. Send us your logo so we can determine the related costs in regards of the better process to use on the chosen items. We offer to our clients:
SCREEN PRINTING
The direct screen printing process involves placing the material under a mesh screen. By applying even pressure with a squeegee on the screen, your logo is imprinted onto the material surface. The screen printing process ensures your imprint looks its best on a wide variety of fabrics. This is the most common method of decoration.
TRANSFER PRINT
A transfer is created in a very similar method to screen printing, however, the ink is applied to a sheet of transfer paper instead of directly onto the material. The transfer is then pressed onto the product using a combination of heat and pressure. This method allows for unlimited colour separations that always require an underlay. Many products utilize this process as it assists in decorating products with foam insulation or hard to screen print locations.
PAD PRINTING
Pad Printing is extremely effective on rounded, uneven, or slanted product shapes. It is also perfect for small and intricate logos. A silicone pad is used to transfer the ink onto the product. The pad can hit various levels on a product at one time. Ink colour availability is restricted due to the limited ability to mix inks utilized in this process. Pad printing is utilized on products such as: plastics, pens, aluminum, tins, rubber, cardboard gift boxes, metal, vinyl, leather and paper pad banners.
DEBOSSING
The process of debossing is offered on most of our leather, koskin, textura, EVA, and simulated leather lines only. A die is created of your logo and then pressed into the material creating an 'impression' of the logo. Debossing provides a subtle, yet higher perceived value on many products.
PERFECT PRINT
Perfect Print allows a full colour computer generated logo to be printed onto heat transfer material and pressed onto a variety of fabrics. This process is produced at a lower cost than multi colour screen prints and is perfect for halftones and gradients. A full white underlay must always be present. Maximum size of 40 square inches, optional die cut available.
LASER ENGRAVING
We now provide you with multiple engraving options for many of our items. Your logo can be engraved with a clear, smooth and polish look in 6 distinct finishes on mugs, tools, kitchenware, pens, flashlights and many other items.
Standard laser: A clean, permanent image of your logo available on all stainless steel and metal item.
Two-tone laser: A new twist that creates an outline around the logo. Available on stainless steel items only.
Laser outline: A simple outline of your logo. Available on stainless steel items only.
Laser oxidation: Oxidation enhances your engraveed logo with a permanent, blackened image. Available on stainless steel items.
Laser on aluminium: your logo will have a very light (sometimes white) apperance due to the natural material. A very clean depiction of your logo is given.
Laser on wood: Usually a deeper burn that as a varied apperance depending on the type of wood engraved.
ETCH ENGRAVING
This 'cutting edge' technology is very similar to laser engraving, but instead of a laser aimed at the product, the actual item is etched with a diamond tip. This creates an extremely crisp finish. Computerized engraving is used on our pens, aluminum, wine opener levers, and plates.
DECALS
To add value to some selected upper end products, a logo is transferred from a sophisticated computer generated program onto a durable adhesive backed vinyl substrate. Four colour process decals look stunning and are a great alternate decorating option. Decals are limited to our BBQ sets, car wash kits, and tool kits.
EMBROIDERY
The logo is stitched onto the material using threads in designated embroidery friendly areas creating your design. Embroidery is an elegant and stylish way to portray a wide range of logo types. Embroidery is the perfect decorating method to add value to your purchase.
PERMA PRINT
Add brilliant, edge-to-edge, full colour logos to poker sets, BBQ sets, wine sets, coffee vaults, etc. A four colour process image is fused to a clear coating and then pressed at a high temperature onto the decorative plate. The end result is brilliant and can never be removed or scratched off. Artwork needs to be provided as a high resolution file (300 dpi or over) in either bitmap or vector format.
NATURAL COTTON HEAT TRANSFERS
Similar to Perfect Print, a heat transfer allows a full colour computer generated logo to be printed onto clear heat transfer material and pressed onto natural coloured cotton. This process allows for a beautiful, detailed logo and is perfect for halftones and gradients. The fabric must always be light coloured to allow for the logo to be seen on the product. Commonly sized at 8" x 10" for cotton tote bags, but other sizes are available.
PERMA PRESS
Similar to Perfect Print, Perma Press allows a four colour process computer genarated logo to be printed onto heat transfer material and pressed onto a variety of different products. Unlike Perfect Print, Perma Press images are printed on an offset printer which uses plates rather than screens. This allows for extremely high quality and vibrantly coloured images. We are now able to print four colour process images on non woven laminated products. Artwork needs to be provided as a high resolution file (300 dpi or over) in either bitmap or vector format. A full background is not required. PMS colour matching not available. No extra charge for die cut logos. Delivery lead time: 3 weeks including digital preproduction sample approval. Minimum 250 pieces. Maximum size of 64 square inches.
