Custom scratch card printing for special offers, in-store promotions, charity fundraising, gaming, direct mail, exhibitions and door drops – plus greetings, advent, parking, travel, season tickets and loyalty schemes. AB Print Group produces the full range under one roof at our Batley plant.
We take jobs from litho print through latex application on our screen printing plant, then trim, pack and secure despatch. Capacity runs to a million-plus cards where the brief needs volume. Latex finishes include the familiar silver lottery look, gold and other colours, with overprint onto latex when you want branding on the scratch panel itself. See also our specialist print and finishing, print finishing plant, printing services and point of sale printing, or contact us for a quote.
Applied using our state-of-the-art screen printing machines, latex ink delivers opaque coverage but is easy to remove using a coin or fingernail. It’s usually produced in silver (known as a lottery finish) but we can also print in gold and a range of other colours.
It goes without saying that latex inks can be applied over other inks – there wouldn’t be much point otherwise! – but we can also overprint onto the latex for games and competitions.
As scratch cards can often have very high value prizes, we have established procedures to ensure the highest security within our premises and complete peace of mind for our customers.
We can also advise on the design of artwork to maximise security. For example we recommend that artwork has a background tint under the latexed area to help eliminate show-through. And if printing digitally we always use matt lamination on the latexed side. This eliminates the ‘raised ink’ effect of toner inks which could otherwise be visible through the latex.
Scratch cards are familiar to us all and widely used for more than just lottery cards, for example special offers, in-store promotions, charity fundraising, gaming cards, direct mail, exhibition materials and door drops. But the ability to scratch off an opaque ink to reveal details beneath lends itself to a host of other applications. These include:
Greetings cards · Advent calendars · Parking permits · Travel cards · Season tickets · Loyalty programmes
We offer a silver lottery-style finish, gold and other colours. Latex is applied on our screen machines as part of the in-house process.
Yes. We can overprint onto the latex so branding or messaging sits on the scratch panel itself, not only on the card face around it.
We follow procedures for high-value prizes. Artwork can include a background tint under the latex to reduce show-through. On digital work, we use a matt laminate on the latexed side.
Live applications include special offers, in-store promotions, charity fundraising, gaming, direct mail, exhibitions and door drops, as well as greetings cards, advent calendars, parking, travel, season tickets and loyalty schemes.
To find out more, please call, email or send our enquiry form. We look forward to speaking with you.
