Engraving Info

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Custom Engravings for Your Employee’s Awards

Grayhawk Awards Engraving
& Printing Services

is the process of using a spinning cutter in a motor-powered spindle to cut or “rout” into material, either completely through the substrate to create cut out shapes or holes, or at a predetermined depth to create engraved grooves that form characters and graphics. -Great for Trophy Plates, Frame Plates, Metal Products, etc.-

is the process of using a spinning cutter in a motor-powered spindle to cut or “rout” into material, either completely through the cylinder round | curved substrate, or at a predetermined depth allowing to engrave more surface to create engraved grooves that form characters and graphics. -Great for Trophy Cups, YETI Coolers, Mugs, etc.-

is a process that vaporizes materials into fumes. The laser beam acts as a chisel, incising marks by removing layers from the surface of the material. The laser must hit localized areas with massive levels of energy to generate the high heat required for vaporization. Produces a white frost image.-Great for Acrylic Awards, Wall Plaques, Engrave Plates, etc.-

is a form of digital printing that uses ultra-violet lights to dry or cure ink as it is printed. As the printer distributes ink on the surface of a material (called a "substrate"), specially designed UV lights follow close behind, curing - or drying - the ink instantly. Please note; Award shape and sizes will vary and this process is only available on certain awards without a base or lays flat. -Great displaying Vibrant Colors on Acrylic, Glass and Crystal Awards, etc.-

is a popular method of printing which aims at transferring a design from sublimation paper onto a piece of fabric or material by using pressure and heat (between 350 – 400 degrees). Changing the solid particles of the ink into a gaseous state, it is an effective way of adding personalization to products. Please note; Does not print white -Great for Wall Plaques, Signage, Photo Plaques, Metal Plates, etc.-

process uses compressed air to force a stream of abrasive through a nozzle and onto the glass to etch or carve a design. ... With an appropriate stencil, you can even reproduce a realistic halftone image into glass, such as the face of a person or pet or a photo of a building.-Great for Crystal Awards, Glass Awards, Wine Glasses & Bottles, Vases, etc.-

can be defined as the art of burning away some parts of a material to give varying depths to the background. To create a 2D engraving, we plot the light points from your photo onto a plane. This creates a flat image inside your crystal. 3D models, on the other hand, are plotted at various depths to create an image that's convex (curved toward you) in the front, and concave (curved away from you) in the back. This process is great for inserting an image into glass, such as the face of a person or pet or a photo of a building. -Offered on selected Crystal Designs-

option is available for glass and crystal which are traditionally engraved and presented without color. This traditional engraving is both elegant and classic. However, about 20% of our orders have color fill added. These added touches of color can add a lot to your award. Sometimes the colors are pulled from your logo and sometimes from an event theme. Unfortunately we can not guarantee a color match but can come close with customer’s approval. -Great for Crystal Awards, Glass Awards, Wine Glasses & Bottles, Vases, etc.-

GrayhawkAwards.com has over 20 years of experience to assist and guide you.

ARTWORK REQUIREMENTS

  • Note: Digital artwork is archived for 24 months for future award & plaque orders.
  • Vector artwork is necessary to provide the highest level of production. Please save as an .eps, .ai or correctly prepared PDF file. If submitting file in Adobe Illustrator, submit file in version CS6 or lower (save as .eps file).
  • All fonts must be outlined (Adobe Illustrator), or converted to curves (CorelDraw). Note: if the order requires variable text (i.e. personalization), the font may be required to be submitted with the artwork.
  • If vector art is not available, high-resolution (300 dpi or higher), black-and-white bitmap artwork is sometimes acceptable. Low resolution artwork will not be accepted.
  • Color separations are required in multicolored artwork.
  • Unsupported art file formats: QuarkXpress, Pagemaker, InDesign, and Freehand files.
  • NOTE: Microsoft Office programs (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Excel, etc.) are not graphics programs and will not be recognized through art acceptance process.
  • Grayhawkawards.com reserves the right to determine what is production ready artwork. Faxed copies, letterhead, and business cards are NOT considered production-ready.
  • Digital artwork modifications (graphics clean-up) will be charged at $50.00, with customer’s approval if needed.
  • Typeset text requests will incur an artwork charge unless submitted digitally.
  • Halftone or gradient details in artwork must be converted to black and white line art to avoid additional charges. NOTE: JPEG formats are not acceptable artwork.