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Screen Printing: Screen printing is a printing technique particularly suited for flat or relatively flat surfaces. The heart of the process involves a fine mesh or screen that is tightly stretched around a rigid frame. The areas that are not to be printed are masked out on the screen. To create the print, the screen is positioned over the item to be printed, and thick ink is placed on the screen. A squeegee is then used to press the ink through the screen; the masked areas prevent the ink from passing through in the desired areas. The final step is to send the item through a heat-tunnel to cure the inks so they remain permanently even after wash.
Pad printing: Pad printing is a much complex way of printing using pads and jigs. This type of printing is suitable for those surfaces that are not flat and have an angle of curvature.
Embroidery: A stunning way to brand using colorful threads. A machine stitches in a pattern reading from an encoded source such as a floppy.
Laser marking: Laser marking is the superior non-contact solution for branding on most surfaces. Any graphic, text, barcode, matrix or other type of mark is possible. Using a laser, your product will not be scratched, dented, marred or otherwise damaged. It's clean, reliable, repeatable, readable by human and/or machine, low maintenance and fast. Changes are made quickly and easily using the system's computer.
Transfer printing: An image is printed or copied onto a specially coated paper. That paper is then placed face down on the fabric and heat is applied and the image is transferred (in mirror image of the original) to the fabric. It can be used to print complex images when high resolution is desired.
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