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How to print the letters on the keyboard

Posted by pilot on 11 January 2008 at 14:38

Hi to all,

one more question about printing – how are made the letters on the keyboard (laptop)? In my opinion, screen printing is a safe way, but… Is there some kind of machine to do this job in two colors. Amount of keyboards is 12000.

Thank you for reading and for any help.

Best regards.

Peter Shaw replied 17 years, 9 months ago 8 Members · 11 Replies
11 Replies

Andrew Bennett

Member
12 January 2008 at 13:05

I always thought they were pad printed.
I don’t know where to look but I think you can buy these already made.
Maybe keyboard suppliers on google?
pilot

Member
12 January 2008 at 16:35

Hi Andrew,

thanks for the answer.

Well, this is a job for a laptop assembler and the keyboard is a laptop keyboard. The keyboard is delivered blank and the customer needs to mark the keys (cups).
David Rowland

Member
12 January 2008 at 20:43

i seen it done by laser etching, but white onto black I am not sure… pad will do it yes.
James Martin

Member
13 January 2008 at 14:07

My laptop here looks like its all done printed onto transparent material and stuck on.
Hugh Potter

Member
13 January 2008 at 16:19

quote James Martin:

My laptop here looks like its all done printed onto transparent material and stuck on.

mine is similar, but is black on white (well, the letter or symbol is white, with a black outline,), then stuck on.
pilot

Member
13 January 2008 at 16:47

quote Hugh Potter:

quote James Martin:

My laptop here looks like its all done printed onto transparent material and stuck on.

mine is similar, but is black on white (well, the letter or symbol is white, with a black outline,), then stuck on.

Even on the sample keyboard, there are white letters on the black keys. But it looks like glued on – every letter has hardly visible fine black outline. Is it possible, that keyboards are be-lettered this way? With stickers? If so, I hardly believe it could be made with a cutting plotter because of the small height of the characters.
Lee Mason

Member
14 January 2008 at 11:11

I assumed they were water transfered.?
pilot

Member
14 January 2008 at 19:36

quote lee mason:

I assumed they were water transfered.?

What does it mean water trabsfered?
Lee Mason

Member
15 January 2008 at 08:48

like the little model aeroplanes etc. where water removes the transfer from the backing in order for you to apply.? Hence no edge to the finished product.?

I’m probably wrong. But I always assumed this is how they were done.

🙄
Nicola McIntosh

Member
15 January 2008 at 08:55

transfers are varnish based ie: varnish is printed first, then design is printed on top, then more varnish is printed on top of design and its all printed onto a very glossy paper, as lee said when its put into water they slide of ready for application 😀

nik
Peter Shaw

Member
15 January 2008 at 10:07

Do you think waterslide transfers can take the use keys get?

I used to print special keys for keyboards some years ago with a pad printer. Even that would wear off with rubbing and nails hitting the keys. The answer was to add isocyanate to the ink.

If there are labels on these keys I would have thought they would be sub-surface printed.

Peter