FASTFoil® decor foils in digital printing

Under the registered trademark FASTfoil®, we develop, manufacture and distribute decor foils, especially for foil and short stroke keyboards. This kind of decor foils are usually manufactured by printing on the back side in screen process technique. In contrast, the foils in FASTfoil®-technique are imprinted on the back side in digital printing.

What does the name FASTfoil® stand for?
Two aspects are combined in one word:

FAST: Stands for the quickness with which these foils can be manufactured
based on digital printing.

foil: The foils are ideally the same polyester foils that are used in
foil keyboards and therefore have a very high chemical resistance.

The main difference consists in a special primer layer on the back side which
helps to achieve a good colour adhesion of the toners.

In the following, we will oppose the advantages and disadvantages of the two techniques from our point of view:

Digital printing FASTfoil®:

Advantages

  • available on short call
  • high resolution for any imaging
  • fine screen vignettes
  • reduced one-off costs (no films/screens)
  • large design freedom (grids, run...)
  • in case of small quantities, even with different designs, more economical unit price

Disadvantages

  • limited weather-/ultraviolet resistance
  • Saturation and face pressure suboptimal
  • limited color compliance
  • for medium and large lots this technique is more expensive than screen processing
  • clear windows have to be manufactured in screen process technique
    (exception EBA and EBG material)

Screen process:

Advantages

  • very good optics, luscious colours also with surface printing,
    no pixels are visible
  • suitable for printing conductive opaque or insulating layers
  • good reproducibility
  • proven, fully developed technique, long term experience existing
  • goog or very good weather-/ultraviolet resistance
  • low unit price in case of medium and large lots

Disadvantages

  • slightly limited design freedom (pictures, photos, grid runs)
  • higher one-off costs (films, screens, CAD-/film setting costs)

Combination of Digital and Screen printing (Mixed printing process)

Depending on the complexity of the foil (e.g. integrated display window or keyboard, integration of bar codes), we also combine the advantages of both printing processes Screen and Digital Printing to realize economically special requirements and designs.

The FASTfoil®-technique has proven especially to facilitate design decisions or to manufacture prototypes, which are almost ready to start of production. One of the advantages is the reduction of one-off costs, when the FASTfoil®-parts can be led over to series production and this one is carried
out in screen process technique, because tools/devices/programmes etc for
cutting can be transferred.

Even if you are enthusiastic about the quickness with which our FASTfoil®-decor foils can be produced, please keep in mind that we are
able to manufacture both screen process decor foils and complete foil keyboards in express service.

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