Whether you call the old fashioned glass this way, or any of its other synonyms: rocks glass, whiskey glass, or even lowball glass, they are recognizable by their wide, thin rim and thick, flat bottom. For example, an old fashioned is a whiskey-based drink made by mixing sugar, bitters, and water and topped with a slice of orange.
Much like the rocks glass, the pint glass also features a flat bottom. A pint glass typically holds 16 ounces of liquid and has a tapered, straight rim. Pint glasses are primarily used for beer and hard cider and are usually made of glass. Shaker glass is another generic name that refers to the same container, the pint glass.
Digitally Decorating the Bottom of Printed Glass
These flat bottoms create a great opportunity for digital decoration using a UV printer. The PX-516 UV printer can reverse a mirrored print in one cycle to create a stunning, full-color print that is visible when the glass is tilted back for use.
Printing Innovations Mirror Printing
Mirror printing is a printing technique used to decorate cylindrical drinkware, allowing the artwork to be displayed from all angles. In mirror printing, the artwork is first printed in reverse, then a layer of white is printed over the design, and finally the artwork is printed on top of the white. For this to work properly, the outlines must be the same. However, the artwork facing inward does not need to match the artwork facing outward. Often mirror prints decorate the walls of drinkware.
UV inkjet printers use mirror printing
To decorate the bottom of transparent drinkware, a form of mirror printing is used. In this case, the artwork only needs to be visible on the inside, which is printed like a traditional mirror printing process. First, the image is digitally printed in reverse on the flat bottom of the substrate. Then, when drinking from the glass, the artwork is in the correct orientation. Reverse mirror printing is ideal for displaying the artwork to the viewer looking into the glass.
PX-516 for bottom coding of transparent containers
UV inkjet printers such as the PX-516 digitally print directly on a variety of substrates. High-performance flatbeds such as the PX-516 use cyan, magenta, yellow, black, white and varnish UV inks to decorate glass and many other materials. UV printers like the PX-516 take a digital image and print it directly onto the chosen substrate.
Just as a rock glass features a flat bottom, a flatbed printer features a large flatbed printing area. In less than two minutes, the PX-516 can digitally decorate the entire 576MM area. Whether it's a canvas of that size, or a set of vintage glasses, the PX-516 can efficiently print full-color, high-quality prints. Printing with the PX-516 allows for small batches, fast customization, and reduced production costs.
Elevate your products and digitally print on the flat bottoms of rock glasses and pint glasses. Any transparent drinkware container with a flat bottom is the perfect surface for decoration or branding. Contact PX-516 to get started
