Personalization of the card
We must distinguish three types of customizations:
Graphic customization via screen printing or offset printing , i.e. printing the card with your logo, layout and colours.
The advantage of having a high quality print even in four colors and the possibility of safety treatments such as UV. These types of printing are made by specialized companies.
Four-colour defect, the minimum printable is 1000 cards. In silk-screen and offset printing, the minimum printable (to have a competitive price) is 3000 cards. (Photo on the left)
It should be remembered that once the Card has been printed it involves a further phase of personalizing the stone data via Card printer or label printer (photo on the right).
Personalization via card printers
The creation of these cards involves the use of a retransfer printer or a thermal transfer printer. With both you can print in both color and monochrome (black, white, gold, silver, etc.) on Fund Cards available in various colours.
The advantage for the retransfer is an excellent full card print almost at the same level as four-colour offset, for the thermal transfer an excellent print, but it can remain a thin gross white. Excellent monochromatic cost. With both printers we can print even a single card.
The high cost of the printer and its consumables for the retransfer is a flaw; for the thermal transfer card printer the only flaw is that it is a dedicated printer, but it must be said that both the cost of the printer and its consumables are acceptable. Furthermore, with this solution, you can create cards when and how you want.
Customization via label printers.
The prerequisite is that you purchase Fund Cards, pre-printed Cards, or Cards customized by us with your layouts (photo on the right). Subsequently you will only have to print the stone data on a paper or PVC label with a label printer and stick it on the Card (photo on the left). Once the seal is closed the label will be inaccessible.
I appreciate the very low cost of the label printer and its consumables.
Defect: the label can only be placed inside the seal, it is not possible to personalize the back of the card with a second label because it is easily detachable. Furthermore, it is limited in label colors (white and transparent only) and in writing colors only black.
In our catalog, we have both card printers and label printers , but our systems work with any card printer and any label that fits the size of our seal.