How are Promotional Products Personalized & Printed at Crestline
Promotional Product Decorating Methods: Imprint Definitions
Screen printing, also called silk screening, requires a custom-made stencil, or screen, for each printing project. Ink is then pushed through the screen onto the material. With multi-color logo designs, a different stencil must be made for each imprint color.
Commonly used on: Apparel, bags and totes, pens and pencils
The heat transfer method is like an iron-on design, in that your artwork is first transferred onto paper and is then pressed onto your promotional items with heat.
Commonly used on: Multi-color designs, t-shirts and other apparel
Debossing and embossing use a metal die to create a raised or indented logo design on your product of choice. Embossing creates a 3D raised logo design, while debossing creates an indented logo design.
Commonly used on: Leather and faux leather products, folders, portfolios and padfolios
Embroidered logos are created by first making a custom pattern that is then uploaded onto a computer. Next, a machine stitches your design onto the promo items. Each logo color is stitched onto the items individually, until the final design is achieved.
Commonly used on: Apparel, towels, and blankets
Dye sublimation is a full color imprint process where artwork is digitally printed onto a transfer material. The artwork is then transferred using heat from the material into the fabric of the promo products. Dye sublimation allows vibrant, photo quality imprints to be achieved.
Commonly used on: Table covers, lanyards, face masks, and Koozies®/can coolers.