Custom aluminum plates are often given to winners of competitions, festivals and sports competitions. But not only! Aluminum plaques are also are greatly requested to celebrate the most important occasions in life such as anniversaries and birthdays and they are also a widely used support for indicating a commercial activity or for identifying, for instance, offices and medical studios. In a few words, aluminum plates are commonly used for signage in general. In many cases, personalized aluminum plates must resist to outdoors conditions. But let’s go in order. In this article you will see how to create customized quality aluminum plates for both indoor use like sports awards and anniversaries and also resistant to outdoor conditions such as exterior signs for studios, offices, etc.
Customized aluminum plates in the three most common colors: silver, gold and bronze are widely requested because they are classy and elegant and confer importance to those who order them, those who receive them or the professionals who require them for their business. In addition to a lower cost compared to other types of plates, what really make them the best choice compared to the others are the type and quality of customization.
The solution without limits concerning the choice of images, colors and resistance over time is certainly digital printing with specific transfer papers for laser printers developed for the customization of aluminum plates.
And we at Shock Line, producers of transfer papers for digital printing for over 30 years, have an ideal laser transfer paper for customizing quality aluminum plates: its name is Polart. It is actually one of our best performing and at the same time most versatile transfer papers because it can be used for infinite customizations, on many materials such as leather, plastic and cardboard. But we will talk about all that in our next articles. Now we will focus on aluminum plates and if you want to find out more just keep on reading.
Quality prints, detailed lettering and drawings and bright, opaque colors are just a few of the features of the aluminum plates customized with Polart transfer paper that can be used on most CMYK (code FC POLARTNEW) and CMYW (code FC POLARTWTT) laser printers on the market. In particular, with the dedicated transfer for white toner printers, it is possible to get outstanding results even on colored or black plates with white lettering and drawings, even with color gradients. There are no limits.
What’s more, the application of the transfer paper is quick and simple: just printand heat transfer onto the aluminum plate. In just about 2 minutes, the personalized aluminum plate is ready to be delivered.
Polart laser transfer paper gives the print a pleasant semi-gloss look that enhances the aesthetic appearance of the material. Only the toner is transferred to the plate without any type of halo.
You may ask….But is it resistant? The answer is yes! It guarantees truly exceptional scratch resistance to the print. But if the personalized aluminum plate is placed outdoors, (shops, offices, etc), is it resistant to the atmospheric agents? Again, the answer is yes. The only precaution will be to protect the print with a special film.
For this type of customization Shock Line supplies a transparent protective film for aluminum that protects the prints and gives the toner more resistance to outdoor conditions. Its name is Prolux (code AU CPROLUX) and it comes is in rolls of various lengths.
What are you waiting for? Make your own personalized aluminum plates with Polart transfer paper and Prolux protective! Below is a short video on the application of the two products.
You will also find the complete instructions for the Polart transfer paper and the Prolux protective film that will lead you from the printing phase to the final result. And if you still have doubts, we are at your disposal for phone or remote assistance.
If you want you can send us photos of your customized aluminum plates made with Polart to info@shockline.com. We will be glad to publish them on our social network pages.
Good luck to everyone!
Here are the instructions for Polart and Prolux.
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