Nova Tool Co.
6678 Sierra Lane
Dublin, CA 94568

Phone:
925-828-7172
800-826-7606
FAX:
925-828-9195

E-mail:
info@novatoolco.com

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Imagine, your logo or signature made into a branding iron. Wouldn't that add a real professional touch to your work? All we need is a sharp, clean, black and white image and we can make it happen. Torch heated or electric, up to 3 square inches for a hobbyist electric unit and 16 square inches for a torch heated or commercial duty electric unit. See guidelines below for ordering your logo brander.
Your art is the most important part of your logo or signature branding iron.

1. It should be a clean, crisp, black image on a clean white backround.
  • Do not use colored paper or graph paper.
  • When sending multiple samples of your image, please do not circle the one you prefer. Many times we have received art that is circled with the circle cutting through part of the image.
  • Please do not fold your art through the image.
  • Please do not draw a box around your image unless you want the box on your branding iron.
  • Color or shades of gray cannot be branded. If you have either of these on your art, they must be changed to either black or white.
  • Do not use pencil to draw your art. Use a good quality black pen.
    Other things to avoid:

1. Thin or very small, white areas surounded by heavy black areas:

The thin white line will tend to burn over and disappear.

2. Skips of the pen when drawing art or signing your signature:

Many times these skips aren't noticed on the paper because your eye tends to "fill them in" but the process of making the iron will exagerate them and they will be more noticeable on the iron.

3. Lettering that is too small:



Small type can be more difficult to read on a brand than printed on paper.

4. If you are using your computer to create your art or are scanning your art to transmitt by email:
  • Resolution should be 600 dpi although some, simple images may work at 300 dpi. The image must be created or scanned at this or better resolution - you can't increase resolution simply by increasing the dpi on a low res image.
  • Use black and white to create art - not color.
  • If you are scanning colored art, scan it in color then use a photo editing program to change colors to black. Scanning colors as black and white will not produce true black. Also, changing a color image to "grayscale" will do just as the name implies - turn it to shades of gray - which will leave rough edges and gaps in fine lines.
  • We recommend .bmp, .jpg, .tif, .pdf or .psd format
Please call us at 800-826-7606 if you have any questions regarding your art.
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