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Now the question is what type of logo do you have?
As I see it, you can have three types of logos that you would have on your
nametags:
Black and White, Color or Exact Pantone Match Color
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Black and White logos...
If your logo is black and white, you can engrave it with
no problem. Color logos can be engraved also, however, they must be
converted to black and white. Why? Because
engraved
nametags have two colors. The background color and the engraved
color. We cannot engrave more than one color. For example, if you
would like a White nametag with green letters, then everything that is black in
your logo would engrave green on the nametag. All that is white in your
logo, would not engrave. This process is good for short runs of 10 or 20
and long runs of 500.
The second option for black and white logos is
hot-stamping.
This allows a third color. All of the black in your logo will be
stamped one color, you have a background color and then, an engraved
color. This process is good for runs of 200 or more.
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Color logos,
A
color
process is the best way to go for color logos, whether you have one, two,
three or nine colors in your logo, we can print your logo onto a white, ivory,
gold, yellow, baby blue, pink or silver background. From there you can choose what color
you would like your text. The nametag is printed on a durable nametag
material. It is UV coated with the same material as a driver's license or
photo ID. This process also allows printing for shading effects. The
downfall, some companies require exact Pantone Matching and this process cannot
do exact matching, it can come very close often times within 1 or two shades.
This process is good for runs of any length. If you need these in 2 days
you can have them.
The second option for color logos is
hot-stamping.
Depending on your logo, you may be able to hot-stamp the nametags. There
is no limit on colors, however, logos with more than three colors can be
tedious. You have your logo, you have a background color and then, an
engraved color. This process is good for runs of 200 or more.
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Pantone Match Color Logo.
For Pantone Match colors the only process available is
silk-screening.
This process is an excellent choice for long runs (300 or more nametags) or
those wishing to order blanks in large quantities and apply the names
later. Initial set-ups are expensive, but pay for in the long run.
Silk screening takes 2-3 to set-up the art and films and 6-9 days for printing
and drying, etc. If you need name tags now, try the color process
nametags.
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