Digital print technology has finally made it to the glass decoration industry, which had previously been dominated by high fire and low fire decals.
Manufacturers, product decorators, and ad specialty companies can let out a sigh of relief. Digital print technology has finally made it to the glass decoration industry, which had previously been dominated by high fire and low fire decals. These decals, while aesthetically appealing, needed to be baked at temperatures as high as 1000°F for upwards of 30 minutes. These requirements greatly slowed production and, as they say, time is money.
Digital Heat Transfers Transform the Glass Decoration Industry
One of the most popular methods for decorating plastics, metals, and many other substrates, digital heat transfers are the only digital solution for decorating glass. This is beneficial for several reasons. For starters, digital transfers are printed at 1200 dpi, 266 lines per inch, and are capable of hitting over 10,000,000 colors for truly photo quality images. However, this is just the beginning.
- Digital heat transfers are baked at a much lower temperature (250°) than high fire and low fire decals, which means reduced bake times and increased production.
- Digital heat transfers are not only economical, but also capable of incorporating variable data — barcodes, photos, text or numbers — making them ideal for short runs.
- Because they are flexible, digital heat transfers are easily applied to curved substrates, like glasses, bottles, etc.
- Digital heat transfers are incredibly durable and last numerous dishwasher cycles without harm.
- Digital heat transfers are easy to use, easy to set up, and there is no clean up required. All of these factors mean one thing – increased productivity.
- And More!
Glass Decoration Made Easy With CDigital – the Leader in Digital Heat Transfers
Since 2001, CDigital has been an innovator in developing new systems and processes for using digital print technology to produce transfers for the product decoration industry. Our print technology is by far the most cost effective full color print solution in the product decoration industry today.
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For each application, the process is the same. Customer artwork is printed on the underside of a polyester film and coated with an adhesive. The film is then slit into various widths, wound on cardboard cores, and shipped to the customer. The customer uses conventional hot stamp equipment to transfer the image from the film to its products.
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