Overprint on polyethylene tubes

Printing on Polyethylene tubes can be done with the dry offset method, ensuring its perfect quality. Offset machines and the application of special dyes enables printing in a maximum six colors plus the color of the tube.

It is possible to make prints in the PANTONE scale or CMYK depending on the needs.

After printing, the tubes can be covered with matt or glossy UV varnish (also a frosty-glass effect) for the purpose of increasing resistance of print to abrasion. The varnish also also helps make the tubes feel nice to the touch impoving the esthetics of the tube. It also acts as a barrier against e.g. aromatic substances and others being released from products.

You can also add decoration of the tubes with the method of thermal print or "hot stamping" as it is commonly known as. Hot stamping enables you to add Gold, silver, black and other colors to the tubes dependant on the design specification.

Preparation of a graphic print design.
The drawing presents the usable printing area on a tube (giving designers a good opportunity to display their skills!).


It follows from the length of development of the cylinder constituting the side surface of the tube and the length of the tube itself. The bottom margin of the tube may not be smaller than 4 mm in view of the technology of execution of the tube. The top margin of 10 mm follows from the need for placement of photocell marker.

The marker applied here has the dimensions of 2x7 mm. This is can be adjusted to specific customer requirements. The marker enables automated sealing machines to know exactly where to seal the tube.

Bellow you will find some guide lines inorder to prepare your graphic.

The graphic design of the imprint should be developed taking account of the requirements of the dry offset technique. Our specialists and procedures warrant reconciliation of customer requirements with the requirements of the printing technology. The initial Customer’s design should be made in CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator applications.
It should be borne in mind that all graphic elements appearing in the design may not consist of more than six colors in the PANTONE scale (not CMYK).

The design should be made so that:

the cap is at the bottom
the proper location of the photocell marker is visible
the barcode is placed vertically, and its parameters complaint with the standard PR PN-EN 797.

The design should be supplied on one of the following media: diskette, CDR, CD-RW, Zip or by e-mail. In case of sending a design by e-mail, the files should be compressed: zip, stuff. Text objects contained in the design, so-called fonts, should be converted to curves.