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UV Substrate

Direct-to-object UV printing on your own hard goods, on a live mockup of the real item.

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What the customer sees

Shoppers pick one of your products — a tumbler, mug, coaster, sign or panel — from your presets, then design straight onto a live mockup of the real item, dropping artwork inside the safe print area you defined. Every print is UV and varnish-sealed, and the builder checks resolution live so nothing comes out soft.

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The UV Substrate builder on a storefront product page: a product picker, a live mockup of the real item with a safe print area, and a print-size panel.
The UV Substrate builder on a storefront product page.

Every PrintKit builder is touch-first, so the same experience works on a phone.

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The UV Substrate builder on a phone.
The same builder on a phone.

What you configure

You build your own substrate catalog — every item is a template you control. For each substrate:

FieldWhat it controls
NameThe product name shoppers see (for example “20 oz tumbler”).
BrandOptional — you decide per substrate whether the brand is shown to shoppers.
SizeThe real dimensions, so the print maps to the object accurately.
PhotoA product photo for the live mockup, with a one-click Remove background button next to it in both editions.
Print areaThe printable safe area on the item. Use Calibrate to drag the box onto your photo so artwork always lands where the flatbed prints.
PriceWhat you charge for that substrate.
Minimum order quantityBlocks checkout below this many units and shows a notice at the top of the builder. Shopify app

Your products, your rules. There is no fixed catalog to work around — upload photos of the items you actually stock and mark the exact area your flatbed hits.

UV Substrate is billed separately from UV Roll. They are two different builders — run one, the other, or both.

What arrives in the work ticket & print file

This builder is print-only — it produces the artwork file positioned for the object. It does not generate cut contours.

DPI is a warning, never a blocker. Art that is small for the substrate is flagged and the shopper is asked to confirm before adding it, but it never blocks the order.

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