New Digital Printing Service For Front Panels And Enclosures
METcase, – Our digital printing service provides a fast and easy solution to printing photo quality graphics, control legends, logos etc. onto front panels and enclosures.
We are able to print onto plastics and painted or anodized metal surfaces with different surface textures. Unlike other printing options there are no expensive tooling costs, just a small once off set-up charge. We can print in low or high volumes to suit your requirements.
With easy set-up and low waste, digital printing is much faster and more cost effective than silk screen and tampo printing, and includes the added bonus of being easily modified and updated at any time.
We print using hard UV ink which provides excellent scratch and chemical resistance. We print in full color CMYK to match your requirements.
Our digital printer has a large A2 format flatbed, this enables us to create jig templates so that multiple panels or cases can be printed during each run cycle of the machine, resulting in much faster production times and lowers cost to you.
In addition to printing legends, logos and photo images we can also print bar codes and QR codes.
In-house digital printing is the latest addition of our extensive range of customizing services, which means we can provide you with fully finished front panels and/or custom enclosures.
What we deliver:
- Outstanding print quality up to 1800 x 1800 dpi
- Maximum print area 23.6″ x 16.5″
- Direct printing on to products up to 5.9″ high
- Large A2 flatbed print area. Suitable for most
applications - Simultaneous printing of colour and white for
faster production times - UV LED curing
- Scratch/chemical resistant clear lacquer
- 8 ink slots for various ink configurations
- Automatic primer with full CMYK color
What we need for you:
In order to produce your printed parts and for the best results, there are some things we require. This is just a guide, other file types may be compatible. If unsure please contact us.
Formats – .PDF .EPS .AI .DWG .DXF .PSD .JPEG .TIFF (and other image types)
Preferred formats – Vector format .PDF .EPS .AI (Adobe Illustrator) .DXF and .DWG files
For most applications we require these file types in vector format.* Depending on the graphics to be printed this may not be possible or necessary if quality is of a high enough resolution
Accurate detail of the artwork to be produced so we know exactly how you want it, and how it is to be positioned on the panel or enclosure e.g. a dimensioned drawing with print color information if possible in CMYK.
Vector format files*(preferred):
Vector format enables us to produce crisp clear print detail and allows us to easily modify the file to suit the printing process.
.DWG and .DXF files are already in vector format.
The example above shows the effect of vector graphics versus raster graphics. The left hand image illustrates magnification of x3 as a vector graphic. The right hand image illustrates the same magnification as a raster (bitmap) graphic. Raster images are based on pixels and so when scaled there is a loss of clarity, while vector-based graphics can be scaled by any amount without degrading the quality.
Ask for a quotation:
Send us details of your printing requirements, including a drawing and your quantity requirements, and we will offer you a quotation.
