Scratch cards - anyone?

[Massy]

Hello everyone,

Anyone can suggest how & what's the best way to print 12000 A6 scratch cards?

Still learning!

 

[natty]

The scratch coating is a screen printing process...

Talk to a specialty finishing house that does UV spot coating usually they can do it also...

Take note that you may not be able to apply it to a lot of digital prints... We used to do it where i worked they would print off-set then they had to apply on press varnish as well i think... It may work on an indigo i can't remember... They may have to apply some sort of coating to a digital print first to make it work...

Pretty sure it won't stick straight over toner so let them know exactly what machine you intend to produce them on first...

 

[Massy]

Natty,

Thank you for the information.

After few enquiries, I found a specialist print finisher who can do this sort of jobs.
You are absolutely right, they did request that the sheets must be sealed with a vanish otherwise, as you said, it won't work. Anyway, they will be printed litho.
It works simply by applying a special ink called "latex scratch off ink" using screen printing process.

Cheers,

 

[Shelia]

Scratch cards design and printing have been widely used by UCCSOFT smartvizor VDP.

 

[smmjkg12]

You can produce scratch cards 2 other ways that I am aware of as well.
1-Scratch off foil stamp
2-Scratch off tabs applied through a tabbing machine such as a Kirk Rudy

We have produced several of these types of projects utilizing a digital press to control the variable winners.