Digital printing services
Benefits
Quality card printing with a quick turnaround
Thames Technology’s digital printing services are designed to address the evolving needs of financial institutions and retail businesses. The ability to go straight to print without the need for printing plates, means we can offer shorter print runs for digitally printed card and carrier products. This enables our customers to use dual branding and test the popularity of different designs.
Our digital printing process is streamlined to maximise efficiency, providing quick turnaround times that meet tight deadlines without sacrificing quality. The print quality of the HP Indigo is market-leading, complementing our existing technology and offering superior high-definition results whilst being able to print on all current substrates.
Our colour capabilities include CMYK, OVG, spot for most Pantone colours and UV ensuring excellent colour consistency for brand recognition. And with print speeds of up to 4,600 sheets per hour, you don’t have to wait long to see the result!
Environmental benefits of digital printing
Digital printing technology offers multiple environmental benefits. Unlike traditional printing methods, digital printing requires no plates, resulting in less waste and lower carbon footprints. The digital printing process uses electronic files and digital colour production, leading to reduced paper waste.
Moreover, with on-demand printing, production is only as per requirement, minimising paper and ink wastage. In digital printing, the use of solvents is practically negligible, making it safer for both humans and the environment.
Additionally, water-based inks used in digital printing are more eco-friendly than the petroleum-based inks used in other methods.
Digital printing for financial cards
Fast onboarding and flexibility around card volumes and designs are key for many of our financial card issuing partners. That’s why the HP Indigo is so well suited to serving our banking clients. With the ability to run multiple designs across one card order, Thames Technology can respond to co-branding programmes with minimal stock requirements, while ensuring high print quality.
For clients, who want to offer their own customers a choice of card design, our digital printing services can offer the best quality print without the need for high investments in card designs that may or may not prove popular.
Digital printing for retail cards
Our digital printing services are ideal for the production of any of your gift, loyalty and membership cards and their associated carriers. With the ability to print on our range of eco-friendly card materials, you can be sure to meet your sustainability targets.
The option for mass customisation means that digital printing of gift cards offers a host of opportunities for retailers to capitalise on new opportunities to drive additional sales and evaluate the success of existing campaigns.
For example, the ability to print individual 2D barcodes on cards relating to postcodes, can help you track the uptake of promotions in different areas.
In addition, fast turnaround and short run capability give retailers the chance to test the market for non-traditional gift card events, evaluate the popularity of new innovative designs and respond quickly to promotional opportunities.
