A digital heat transfer, meanwhile, is a dry process that uses heat and pressure to apply a pre-printed digital graphic (transfer) to a part or product.
With every new year comes a new opportunity, why not make 2016 your business’s year for superior success? The time is now to get the word out about who you are and what you do, and let your competitors know you aren’t going anywhere. Putting your name or brand on promotional products like water bottles, pens, t-shirts and mugs is a highly effective way to get consumers to take notice of your service.
But what if you can’t find an affordable manufacturer to produce your product in a timely manner? What if you already have the desired product and aren’t sure how to go about getting your image on it? Choosing a product decorator that uses digital heat transfer for your promotional product is the most affordable, efficient way to promote your business in 2016.
How Does a Digital Heat Transfer Work?
A digital heat transfer is a form of product decoration that uses heat and pressure to apply a pre-printed digital graphic (of your choosing) to a part or product. It’s a speedy and affordable digital process that trumps other product decorators through its ability to produce both short and long runs. More about how it works:
- Digital heat transfers are multi-color and photo quality, printed at 1200 dpi and 266 lines per inch using the CMYK printing process.
- They are capable of hitting over 10,000,000 colors with fluid gradients, meaning the colors on your image will be the perfect shade and crystal clear!
- No image is too complicated. This digital system works well with a variety of data including barcodes and numbers.
- Because it’s digital, there is no messy clean-up! There is no use of dyes, solvents or other tedious chemicals.
- This dry process ensures that decorated parts are fully cured upon application, making any plastic and most metal products immediately ready for shipment.
- Let’s repeat that – ALMOST IMMEDIATE TURNAROUND AND SHIPPING!
Why Not Use a Traditional Printing Method?
If you are promoting your business we can deduce that you are in the market of making money, not unnecessarily spending it. Short runs can be extremely costly with a traditional printing company. Not only do they often require an unnecessarily high minimum order, but you have to factor in extensive setup time, fees, and a slower production and turnaround. Choosing a product decorator that uses digital heat transfer technology gives you the ability to print what you need when you need it most, hassle-free. “There are none of the traditional set-up requirements or costs,” explains Matt Regan, senior vice president for CDigital. “Screens, blankets, dyes and print stations for each color aren’t needed, so turn times are measured in days (often one), rather than weeks.”
Fast and Affordable Product Decoration with CDigital
Since 2001, CDigital has been an innovator in developing new systems and processes for using digital print technology to produce full color digital heat transfers for the product decoration industry. Because we are both local and fully digital, we can turn jobs around faster and for less money than both overseas printers and local screen or pad printers.
Request a Quote
If you have any questions, please contact CDigital by calling 410-646-7800. For customers new to using heat transfers, Cdigital is happy to connect you with heat transfer equipment manufacturers whose machines will work best with our patented film.
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