What
is your minimum?
We start at one! Yes its no problem, however like many processes,
there are advantages in purchasing quantities.
Where
are you located?
Norwest Business Park, in North Western Sydney. Please call to make an appointment
on 9629 7599.
What
is Sublimation?
Sublimation is a printing process where high resolution
full colour, including photos, images are transferred to
metal for awards, ceramic mugs, coasters, clocks, glass
placemats and special T-shirts.
How
do you Engrave?
Engraving on glass or acrylic is done in much the same way,
using a laser.
The light passing through the changed texture of the surface
and makes the image visible.
What
is Sandblasting?
Sandblasting makes for a much deeper image, making the image
more visible. Colour can be added but with limitations.
What
sort of image do you require?
Images can be in several formats, but high resolution jpegs
are most popular.
Images posted to websites are too poor quality to be used
as they are low resolution and good for fast loading but
not for reproduction onto awards.
How
do you need my logo, emblem or image supplied?
Professional art can be supplied in a number of formats.
Please check at the time to ensure that suitable formats
are provided.
How
long will it take?
Lead times will vary, depending on exactly what we are doing
for you.
From a few days to weeks, often the names of the recipients
are the last bit of information.
You can provide the names at any stage of the process.
How
long does a order take?
There are many factors that influence the outcome, like
item availability, artwork you supply, quantities etc.. therefore
at A&M we like to start with your needs and work backwards.
We ask 3 key questions:
When do you need them?
How many of the items do you need?
How much is your budget?
With
trophies in the various catalogues, have alternative choices
as our suppliers may be out of stock of some items or have
insufficient numbers.
When you advise us of your selection, we will check availability
before we get back to you with prices. Please be patient
as our suppliers may have to check further.
How
much will it cost?
There are several components to the price -
The artwork, set-up and proofing.
This is based on time and is regardless of the number of
items.
The items that we provide. More is better, as with anything.
Freight. Save money by selecting from one catalogue if possible.
Save art costs by having a rough idea of what you want.
Provide a draft in WORD or fax a hand-drawn layout.
Provide all text in WORD or EXCEL format. This reduces errors
and saves time for re-keying information. It saves proofing
time and unnecessary changes.
Make all the changes to the content before giving it to
us. “Author corrections” to the proofs may incur additional
costs.
Branding,
Marking, Engraving - What’s that all about?
Basically if we need to put your logo name or image onto
the item you select, how we do this?
Let us explain.
Laser
Engraving: single colour “etching” onto a variety of
surfaces like - anodised aluminium, acrylic, glass, plastics
using “focused light energy the laser machine” etches into
the surface permanently into the surface.
Full
Colour Image (Sublimation): using specially treated
“blanks” or substrates we ‘heat transfer’ any full colour
image. Suitable surfaces for this process is treated
aluminium
plates and some plastics
