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50% COTTON / 50% POLYESTER Digital Printing on Canvas Size: 70 x 100 cm Wooden Frame: 2 x 3 cm Name: Girl with Balloon Artist: Banksy

Dry embossing is a type of process similar to the hot stamping, where foil is not used. There are two types of embossing. First one is convex - we need two clichés pressing the material by both sides ( negative and positive) with high temperature. It could be used on thiner materials - paper, carton and etc. Second one is concave - touches the material with one cliché and concave only the upper part.

Screen printing is a printing technology, also known as serigraphy. Derived from two Greek words - seri (sieve) and graphos (write). Printing done with a considerable thickness of the layer of ink on fabric, synthetic material, paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, leather ceramic, metal and other materials. The shape of the host surface can be flat and irregular. Characteristic of this technology is the high ink coverage, enabling inscription in dark souvenir with a lighter color. Modern technology in screen printing provide sufficient quality of the print. In screen printing on textiles, the most commonly used inks are plastisol. Characterized by excellent stability and a large range of different colors. Used for printing on synthetic (polyester) and natural materials. Resistant to wash (40 °C) (50 °C) (60 °C). Should not be subjected to dry cleaning, ironing or washing at high temperatures

UV digital printing on souvenir is a unique solution for high-quality printing on different surfaces as well as other applications for advertising miniature text, bright and solid colors. Direct printing is a technology where the print is happening directly from the client's file over the objects. The ink is transferred directly onto different surfaces such as plexiglass, glass, plastics, papers, self-adhesive film, PVC film, comatex, veralit, leather, textile, canvas, wood, ceramics and metal. The bigest advantage of this technology is the multicolor printing on small quantities, personalisation and advantage over dark surfaces and mirror printing over transperеnt materials.