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Screen printing
(S, MS, GS)
The most popular and efficient method of pen customisation is screen printing, typically applied to the barrel. Using the modern CTP (Computer-to-Plate) process, the artwork is transferred directly onto the screen – eliminating the need for traditional film production. Only the areas to be printed are made permeable to ink, which is then pressed onto the pen’s surface.
Multicolour all-round printing is possible with screen printing, allowing the advertising space of a pen to be used optimally. Both line and grid templates can be realised on almost all materials.
If you supply the silk screen film, please ensure that the register marks are correctly aligned and that the film is laid out 1:1. If the films are not laid out accordingly, these must be adjusted by us for an additional charge.
uma accepts all Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe CC) file formats.
For overprinting, we require exact specifications for the inks (see list of standard inks below).
To achieve an optimum printing result, we recommend pre-printing a white background (i.e. an additional colour in advance) for some coloured, transparent and frosted writing instruments.
Printing inks that can be used for printing at uma:
repro (at) uma-pen.com
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