Digital heat transfers are economical, making short run plastic decoration not only possible, but affordable.
Manufacturers and ad specialty companies have many options when it comes to plastic decoration: screen printing, pad printing, hot stamping, and digital heat transfers. With so many options, it can be hard to determine which makes the most sense for your business. Each method offers users unique benefits, however, only one method offers high quality images, fast turns, affordable runs and minimal setup: Digital Heat Transfers.
Plastic Decoration using Digital Heat Transfers
The application of digital heat transfers is a dry process that uses heat and pressure to apply a pre-printed digital image to a plastic part or product. Because digital heat transfers are produced using a fully digital process, images are not only capable of producing over 10,000,000 colors, they are also capable of incorporating variable data – barcodes, photos, text or numbers – in each image of a run. This makes short or long variable data runs not only possible, but also incredibly affordable. This allows platic product decorators to offer a wide range of personalized products along with their regular custom decorated offerings.
“There are none of the traditional set-up requirements or costs,” explains Matt Regan, senior vice president for CDigital, formerly trademarked as Grafixx. “Screens, blankets, dies and print stations for each color aren’t needed, so turn times are measured in days (often one), rather than weeks.”
Additional benefits of digital heat transfers include:
- Digital heat transfers are incredibly durable, making them ideal for high-use plastic items, such as souvenir cups and water bottles.
- The use of heat transfers is a one-step process, reducing the number of hits or passes required to apply a multi-color graphic.
- Digital heat transfers offer the highest speeds in the marketplace. Set up is quick and easy, and decorating a product is a breeze.
- Because it is a dry process, the products can be handled, packaged, and shipped immediately after printing.
- And More!
Digital Heat Transfers from CDigital
CDigital is the leader in digital heat transfers! Produced right here in the United States, our transfers are economical, making short run plastic decoration not only possible, but affordable. Plus, because we are fully digital, CDigital heat transfers allows plastic decorators to produce jobs faster and help eliminate traditional setups needed in screen or pad printing directly onto a product.
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