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Abstract

A process and a device are described for production of a dial by imprinting a blank with an imprint which enable cost-effective production in very high quality even with small quantities. Data entered via an input device 110 are delivered to a data management device 120, which positions the dial pattern on a printing master defined by the data entered. If a pattern is not stored in memory, a new pattern is requested from a design device 130 and delivered to the data management device 120, which enters the printing master into an output device 140. The output device 140 generates the printing master according to drawing data and outputs it to a printer 200 which creates a prefixed toner image 11 on a carrier sheet 10. The blank 20 to be imprinted and the carrier sheet 10 with the toner image 11 mirror-inverted to the imprint are introduced into a press 300 and the blank 20 is aligned in a predefined position and the carrier sheet 10 is aligned in a predefined position corresponding to the position of the blank 20. By softening the toner image 11 and pressing the toner image 11 onto the blank 20, the toner image 11 is transferred from the carrier sheet 10 to the blank 20 and forms, together with the blank 20, a dial 30 provided with the imprint. Then, the carrier sheet 10 may be removed from the transferred toner image and the dial 30 removed from the press 300. The press 300 may be designed as a flat press, a roller press, or a combination of the two.

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