Quality digital printing can help you maintain a great relationship with your target audience. Fast and affordable, digital printing allows you to interact directly with your customer without breaking your marketing budget. Whether you need decals for equipment or stand-out labeling for your products that your clients can peruse time and time again, digital printing services from Aluma Graphics provide you with a convenient and cost-effective way to broaden the reach of your brand.

The Digital Printing Method

A process that transfers digital-based images directly onto any printable substrate, digital printing from Aluma Graphics lets you enjoy the professional results of traditional printing methods at a significantly lower cost and faster turnaround. Your image, logo, or graphic is sent directly from your digital file to the printer. Functional identification items like labels, decals, and graphic overlays can be printed quickly and accurately, offering you multiple efficiencies for your product line.

The Core Benefits of Digital Printing

Reduced lead times, cost management, and versatility are just some of the advantages that digital printing from Aluma Graphics offers. Whether you need images printed on polycarbonate, plastic, or metal, digital printing is ideal for the mass personalization of your print-on-demand materials. Because there’s no need to create a unique printing plate for the job, you can order as many prints as you like as often as you need them.

Digital Printing Services at Aluma Graphics

A full-service printing company, Aluma Graphics utilizes the latest innovations in digital technology and printing equipment to deliver digital printing services tailored to meet your specific needs. Our digital services range from product prototypes to timely production runs that keep your inventory replenished. We employ a wide array of technologies and techniques to create customized product identification solutions, digital printing and screen printing to sub-surface imaging and thermal transfer printing. Our experienced professionals can help you determine which printing process is best for your application.

Serving Texas and the entire U.S. since 1973, Aluma Graphics offers a broad range of labeling, branding, and product identification solutions, including in-house metal fabrication capabilities that enable us to offer turnkey parts and products. As a global-scale custom manufacturer, Aluma Graphics can help you take your company’s brand to the next level of corporate success.

Whether you’re labeling your products in Dallas or half way around the world, keeping your brand foremost in the mind of your clients is critical for the success of your company. The labels, decals, overlays and nameplates that appear on your merchandise, goods, and products aren’t just functional forms of identification, they demonstrate your company’s level of professionalism and achievement as well. At Aluma Graphics, we offer custom screen printing that gives you an edge over the competition with clear, crisp, and colorful identification products.

The Screen Printing Process

Screen printing involves utilizing a stencil to apply ink onto a surface. Each color is applied using a different stencil, building the illustration up layer by carefully applied layer to achieve the final image. The custom screen printing process is ideal for creating vibrant and durable images on specialty products, from simple decals and labels to complex control panels and nameplates. At Aluma Graphics, we use state-of-the-art equipment like screen-printing presses, high-quality inks, and fast-acting dryers to ensure that you’ll enjoy reliable, timely and cost-effective results.

Global Screen Printing Services

Screen printing allows you to imprint your brand on your products, machinery, and manufactured goods whether the label is essential for functional operation or for showcasing your company’s logo. At Aluma Graphics, we specialize in custom screen printing on a wide array of substrates, from polyester, polycarbonate and vinyl to aluminum, stainless steel and much more. We also offer in-house metal fabrication so we can provide turnkey parts to our valued customers. Our Dallas-based screen printing services save you money and simplify your labeling and production needs.

Highly Qualified Screen Printing Professionals

At Aluma Graphics, we understand that our well-earned reputation for quality nationwide screen printing rests on the shoulders of our skilled and experienced technicians. Our Dallas-based screen printing experts have helped our company achieve the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification, which is your assurance that our company meets the highest manufacturing standards. Our screen printing professionals are not only experts in selecting, mixing, and applying inks but in ensuring that the results exceed your expectations for accuracy and quality as well.

Founded in 1973, Aluma Graphics has been serving the commercial printing needs of Dallas and the entire U.S. for over 40 years. We’re proud to provide you with screen printing services that are tailor-made to meet to your company’s unique corporate branding and labeling needs.

When your products bear important identification data or tracking information, it’s critical to ensure that your labels, nameplates, and panels won’t fade or degrade over time. Products that are exposed to weather, heat, chemicals, or abrasion demand durable and long-lasting labels and nameplates. When labeling is required by law, it’s essential to make sure that the identification product meets stringent government regulations as well. Dallas-based Metalphoto® from Aluma Graphics gives you the peace of mind of knowing that your product will meet exacting specifications while providing everyone who handles, uses, or inspects it with clear and accurate information.

What Is Metalphoto®?

Metalphoto® is the trade name given to a printing method known as photosensitive anodized aluminum processing. It involves transforming your graphic into a silver halide image that is then embedded into the anodic layer of an aluminum substrate. This is accomplished by first creating a negative or positive image of your graphic. When the film is placed on the specialized aluminum surface and exposed to a high level of ultraviolet light, the image is transferred to the substrate.

Depending on your specifications, the Metalphoto® printing result is either a black-on-silver graphic or a silver-on-black image that essentially becomes part of the surface itself. Because the process requires minimal set-up for production runs, Metalphoto® prints are ideal for your Dallas and nationwide business when you want a cost-effective solution for your durable label needs.

Metalphoto® in Global Applications

Considered the optimal printing process for hard-wearing identification labels, Metalphoto® is perfect for bar code labels, nameplates, data plates, and instruction panels that are subject to heavy handling, extreme heat, weather, or exposure to substances like gasoline, solvents, and chemicals. Metalphoto® aluminum nameplates from Aluma Graphics also meet several military specifications, including MIL-DTL-15024 and GG-P-455b.

Based in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex for more than 40 years, Aluma Graphics is a leading national custom manufacturer of functional identification products. Our commitment to excellence has earned our company the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification, which is only awarded to companies that meet the highest manufacturing standards. You can be confident that you’ll enjoy quality results when you choose Aluma Graphics to meet your global Metalphoto® printing needs.

Whether the target audience for your product is in the U.S. or in the broader global marketplace, labels not only showcase your company’s brand but provide necessary information for your customers and production line as well. When you need labels that display critical data like bar codes, product identification, or shipping information, thermal transfer printing offers you cost-effective solutions. Non-impact printing methods like thermal transfer give you a safe, precise, and permanent way to label your product.

The Thermal Transfer Printing Process

At Aluma Graphics, thermal transfer products are labeled using specialized printers equipped with ribbons containing wax-based ink. The print head contains an array of resistive heating pins controlled by a microprocessor that determines which pins are heated to replicate your digital image. As the thermal print head applies heat to the ribbon, the ink melts, transferring the image onto a coating of ribbon that adheres to your product. The result is a seamless label that makes thermal transfer ideal for applications on flexible substrates such as polyester and vinyl.

Thermal Transfer for Bar Code Labeling

While there are many functional uses for thermal transfer products, bar code labeling is by far the most prevalent application. Thermal transfer printing produces high-quality images with the clear and sharp edge definition that’s required for easy scanning. Thermal transfer printers can replicate the exact symbols, graphics, and text used in bar code labeling quickly and accurately, making the thermal transfer process perfect for jobs that require a fast turnaround and repeat orders.

Customized Thermal Transfer Solutions

For durable and accurate labeling results, you need a full-service printing company with the equipment, experience, and know-how to tailor your labels to meet your specific needs. Customized thermal transfer is particularly important when applying labels to items like vinyl or plastic products, which can be damaged by other types of printing processes. Each printing process has its own advantages so it is important to interface with a qualified company to select the optimal printing method.

The skilled professionals at Aluma Graphics are adept in a wide array of printing methods. We can offer the expert guidance that you need when determining which labeling technique is best for your application. When thermal transfer products are the ideal option, we’ll ensure that your labels are designed and produced to your exact specifications.

Whether you need a label that helps you track inventory or one that ensures your product arrives at its destination with critical shipping information intact, bar codes are the gold standard of product identification marking. Bar coding has advanced by leaps and bounds since it was first introduced in the 1950s, and the professionals at Aluma Graphics have kept pace with the technology every step of the way. With over 40 years of experience serving businesses and industries throughout the entire U.S., we have the expertise to meet your bar coding needs.

Encoding Your Product with Added Value

At its simplest, a bar code converts critical information about your product or equipment into a visual pattern that scanners can read and translate into text and data. The technology changes a simple identification label into a built-in database of product information. From basic tracking data to statistics about sales and inventory, bar codes add value to your product and to your business in Dallas, Fort Worth, or anywhere in the U.S.

Bar Coding Benefits for Your Business

A bar code can do more than simply identify and track an individual product. Bar codes allow you to ensure that fast-selling products are automatically reordered and restocked. The collected data enables you to predict seasonal fluctuations and to identify purchasing trends. Bar codes can also be used to recognize purchasers, automatically incorporate discounts at the point of sale, and identify duplicate or fraudulent use.

Types of Bar Codes Available at Aluma Graphics

Depending on the type of coding used, your bar code can hold 20 to 2,000 characters. Codes can be either the traditional one dimensional (1D) configuration, with its familiar picket-fence style, or two dimensional (2D) codes like Datamatrix that can organize information horizontally as well as vertically. Whether you need a standard linear 1D code, such as Code 39, that works with virtually any bar code scanner, or one like Code 128 that lets you squeeze more data into less space, the experts at Aluma Graphics can assist you in selecting the bar coding solution best for your nationwide bar coding needs.

At Aluma Graphics, our extensive library of tools, dies, printers, and metal fabrication equipment allows us to produce a broad array of bar codes, including UPC labels and IUID identification markers that meet Department of Defense standards. From bar coding for local start-ups using the technology for the first time, to well-established national businesses looking for bar codes that meet their unique specifications, our proven team of professionals is well-equipped to assist you with all of your bar coding requirements.

Whether you need warning labels for your machine shop or overlays for your company’s critical control panels, custom die cutting from Aluma Graphics provides you with the products that you need to improve the safety and functionality of your workplace. Die cutting gives you opportunities to enhance your materials with a specialized design. Whether you’re on the hunt for an attention-grabbing detail that will make a custom decal stand out from the crowd or you need a stack of safety labels in a specific shape, Aluma Graphics can meet your custom die cutting needs.

The Die Cutting Process

Die cutting operates on the same basic principle as a kitchen cookie cutter but on a grander scale. The process involves using a die cutting press loaded with a steel-rule die that cuts a specific shape or design into the material. Standard dies are available in hundreds of basic shapes ranging from circles and rings to slots and corner cutouts. Custom dies can be created in virtually any cut and configuration to ensure a precise fit for your unique application. Once the die is cast, the production process is automated for fast, efficient and precise results.

Functional Custom Die Cutting Applications

Die cutting is perfect for specialized items when you want your printed materials to achieve a custom look, but the process meets numerous functional needs for your company as well. From holes and hooks cut in safety labels to custom-shaped decals for medical, telecommunication and manufacturing equipment, die cutting can make your workplace safer and more efficient. Custom die cutting products available from Aluma Graphics include safety labels, compliance labels, control panels, decals and overlays.

Aluma Graphics For Nationwide Die Cutting

With our extensive experience in both graphic printing and metal fabrication, Aluma Graphics can design and produce die cut products for your company that range from simple decals to turnkey multi-functional control panels. We specialize in die cutting a broad array of materials, from polycarbonate and fiberboard to plastics and sheet metal. At Aluma Graphics, the expertise of our professional technicians is matched only by our company-wide commitment to ensure your complete satisfaction with our products and services. Whether you need specialized safety or functional products, you can count on Aluma Graphics to provide you with affordable and high-quality custom die cutting solutions.

Aluma Graphics offers you variable data printing (VDP) services that let you change data like serial numbers and model designations from one printed piece to the next without impeding the printing process or slowing down turnaround times. Whether you want to add sequential numbers to your labels and decals or insert unique MAC addresses on nameplates, overlays or control panels, our state-of-the-art technology allows us to build a variable data platform customized to meet your changing needs. At Aluma Graphics, we specialize in nationwide variable data printing on a broad range of different substrates, including polycarbonate, polyester, vinyl, aluminum, and stainless steel.

National Variable Data Printing Services

Variable data printing technology utilizes configurable software programs that allow the experts at Aluma Graphics to add or remove data, graphics and images to printed products without stopping to extract the information from external files. It’s a streamlined process that transforms a single production run into a series of distinctly different printouts. At Aluma Graphics, our nationwide variable data printing services are not only available for traditional on-demand digital printing but for an array of additional printing services as well, including impression stamping and laser etching.

Benefits of Variable Data Printing

Pre-marking your product with variable data like model designations, unique identifiers, and serial numbers not only adds the value of customization to your item but saves you time and money as well. VDP significantly decreases the need for secondary in-house marking, resulting in reduced lead times for your project. The versatile computer-driven technology works as well for short run jobs as it does for repeat orders. The greatest benefit of VDP is the opportunity that it gives you to customize your product, allowing you to include different critical data in each printed piece.

Aluma Graphics Variable Data Printing Solutions

At Aluma Graphics, variable data printing solutions have long been part of our extensive range of functional identification product services. Since the founding of our Dallas-based company in 1973, our focus has been on providing our valued clients throughout the U.S. with products that are customized to meet their unique needs. With our in-house metal fabrication capabilities, we’re able to offer cost-effective turnkey parts that take advantage of VDP as well. Our commitment to producing tailored-for-you solutions is matched only by our dedication to providing you with the highest level of customer satisfaction.

From sunken designs on a vinyl or plastic surface to raised lettering on an identification product, embossing elevates style and functionality by adding dimension and depth to two-dimensional surfaces. The embossing printing process creates a relief that can make your identification products easier to read and that can add a tactile quality to your graphic overlays. By raising the letters, numbers, or design on your product above or below the substrate, embossing can enhance your product’s functionality and can raise the professionalism of your national or global company.

The Custom Embossing Printing Process

The embossed effect is achieved by utilizing two specially created dies. During the printing process, the dies fit into each other so that when the proper amount of pressure is applied, the material between the dies is raised or recessed. Because the dies must be custom made by engraving the design on to the plates, embossing is both a science and an art. The quality of the results depends on the skill and experience of the die maker. By using the custom embossing services offered at Aluma Graphics, you can rest assured that your product will meet the high standards of quality that you demand for your business on national or global level.

Why Use Aluma Graphics Nationwide Embossing?

Making your product stand out from the crowd can be challenging in the competitive business environment. Whether you need important safety labels, identification products like decals and overlays or multi-functional control panels, custom embossing by Aluma Graphics can give your product the added functionality and aesthetic that you need to succeed on a local, national or global level. By raising or sinking designs in relief, it becomes easier to access and use critical components like overlays and control panels by touch. Because embossing adds dimension to flat surfaces, the effect makes items like nameplates and control panels easier to see and read as well.

Aluma Graphics Custom Embossing

The global scale custom embossing services available at Aluma Graphics let you add another dimension of usefulness as well as artistry to your product and to the items that your company uses every day. We have the equipment and expertise to emboss designs on a wide array of materials, from plastics to polyester substrates. Our company also offers metal fabrication services, which enables us to implement embossing techniques on turnkey products for our valued customers. Trust the specialists at Aluma Graphics to assist you with all your embossing needs.

Equipment components like control panels, overlays and nameplates often require precision-cut shapes and custom configurations as well as functional markings and labeling. Unlike other U.S. printing and graphic companies, Aluma Graphics also offers metal fabrication and custom machining services for our valued customers. Our custom machining and forming processes utilize state-of-the-art equipment and technologies, including computer-controlled CNC machining. This enables us to manufacture metal products to your unique specifications quickly and affordably.

Machining by CNC (Computer Numerical Control)

CNC machining uses computer software programmed in a numerical language known as G-code to control essential operations like feed rates, speed, positioning and velocity. CNC machining allows the expert machinists at Aluma Graphics to produce even the most complex products with utmost economy and minimal waste. CNC machining achieves excellent surface finish with dimensional accuracy. With machining by CNC, our technicians can punch sophisticated designs and shapes into your product’s substrate to meet virtually all of your custom machining needs throughout the U.S.

Water-jet Cutting Process

Also used for subtractive machining, waterjet cutting is one of the most versatile processes for shape cutting. The cutter is connected to a high-pressure water pump, water and abrasive is ejected from the nozzle, which cuts through the material by spraying a jet of high-speed water. At Aluma Graphics, our machinists are highly skilled at cutting with water-jet machines, and are capable of cutting nearly any material up to four inches thick. This cutting process is very precise, which allows your company’s product to have fine cut contours with smooth, precision cut surfaces.

Forming Processes

In contrast to machining processes that incorporate subtractive manufacturing, forming processes modify or alter metalwork without removing any of the material. Mechanical forces are typically used for this deforming process. For optimal results, it’s critical to utilize the appropriate tools and equipment during the forming process, such as custom metal bends and press brake forming technologies. Our combination of high-tech equipment and machinist expertise is what allows Aluma Graphics to offer a wide array of forming and machining by CNC services for our nationwide customers.

Application-Specific Solutions

The custom machining services available at Aluma Graphics are designed to simplify your production line and save you money with application-oriented metal fabrication services. Highly skilled in water-jet machining and sheet metal bends, our machinists can create an array of turnkey products to meet your custom machining needs, from individual parts to fully customized control panels. Our experienced technicians are pleased to work with you to design and build the custom machining products best for you.

For more than 40 years, Aluma Graphics has produced metal-fabricated unique parts and assemblies for businesses throughout Texas and the entire U.S., in addition to providing a wide range of printing, engraving, etching, laminating and metalphoto services. Our clients recognize that the advantage that Aluma Graphics has over our competitors is the ability to produce cost-effective solutions that help their companies succeed.

Whether you’re on the hunt for a printing technique that will elevate your brand above the competition or you need an extra layer of protection for your critical labels and decals, Aluma Graphics can give your product the look and durability you want with our cutting-edge doming process. The 3D doming method literally raises your logo or graphic from a flat image into a three-dimensional object, infusing your product with the professional, polished look favored by the nation’s leading brands.

The 3D Doming Process

Doming is a print finishing process in which a clear, polyurethane resin is dispensed over a two-dimensional image. A precise manipulation of the resin allows it to flow from the center to the edges, transforming your logo, label or nameplate into a dome-like shape. The item is then cured in a climate-controlled environment. Because the doming process involves utilizing specialized automated dispensing equipment, only quality printing companies like the Dallas-based Aluma Graphics can provide the doming application. This allows us to offer competitively priced products and a fast turnaround while ensuring quality control.

3D Doming Applications

Doming offers you a wide array of decorative and functional options. The doming process gives your graphic extra resistance to chemicals, ultraviolet radiation and temperature extremes, making it ideal for use on boats, heating equipment and manufacturing applications. The long-lasting polyurethane dome is washable as well as resistant to impact and scratches, which makes it perfect for use in the medical field. Doming is also a popular choice for items like decorative nameplates, ID badges, signage and other important business items. From warning labels on manufacturing equipment to decals on engineering, exercise and hospital equipment, 3D doming is well suited for a broad range of applications for your national or global business.

Serving companies from all over the United States for more than 40 years, the experts at Aluma Graphics know what it takes to raise the visibility and prestige of your local or national brand. If you’re looking for a way to enhance the look of your logo or graphic while boosting its durability, 3D doming offers you artful and practical options. Our experienced technicians can create a doming product for you that will not only stand up to the harshest corrosive conditions but that will offer stand-out appeal to your customer base as well.