Article by Shane
Promotional balloons are a great way to get your message seen. Their large imprint area and unique billboard style display make balloons a fantastic and effective banner to promote your company. Thus, many companies have started using balloons to market their product. They get their message imprinted on the balloons and use these custom printed balloons to attract the attention of the people. In order to make their promotional balloons attractive and eye-catching, companies opt for advance balloon printing methods. Advance printing methods ensure that the printed balloons offer qualitative results.
A custom logo printed onto a balloon requires a specialised printer. A printer can print on one or two sides of the balloon. Up to 4 spot colours can be printed on one side. Balloon printing can also be done by using five to six different colours on both sides of the balloon. Balloon printing is undertaken by using a wide range of stunning colours. Even the balloons used for printing vary in shapes and sizes. Balloon printing can be done on balloons of different shapes, such as round, star, or heart.
Custom balloon printing uses screen printing for printing a message on a balloon. It is a common printing technique in which an image is created on a silk screen by light exposure. The screen is a fine mesh stretched over a wooden or metal frame. Special ink is forced down the silk screen and the image is transferred onto a partially inflated balloon which is placed underneath the screen.
The image on the silk screen is created with the help of a computer. This design is created using one colour. If a shaded or multicolor design needs to be used then common art packages, such as adobe illustrator is used to transform the design into one colour. This design is then printed on an A4 sized acetate film. The acetate film is used with an exposure box. It helps to transfer the image onto a silk screen. Exposure boxes use light to block the silk holes. Blocking the light with a design made on acetate film means that the ink applied to the screen will only flow through where the light has not exposed, thus making a stencil design. If an image requires multiple colours, a separate screen is made up for each part of the design that has a different colour.
In order to ensure the best printing results, you must pay proper attention to the screen printing specifications. Screen printing specifications include the artwork. The artwork must be saved in a suitable format as prescribed by the balloon printing company. Generally, companies prefer to receive the artworks in EPS or PDF format. Web art is not suitable for printing because it has a low resolution. Artwork must also be sent in black and white with a full colour version attached to them.
Perfect for in-store promotion, trade shows, and fairs, balloon printing is being undertaken by using the most advanced machines.
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Shane is a well known author who write articles for balloonsgalore.co.uk, their printed balloons create very high visibility at minimum costs. All our balloons are printed using the silk screen balloon printing method which gives a much denser, sharper ink coverage.
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