Engraving Services

STANDARD ENGRAVING

All Cross writing instruments except MicroPen have an area on the cap for engraving. Standard caps accept one line of engraving. Special-ordered double panel caps allow two lines of engraving. The barrel section of writing instruments cannot be engraved.

Engraving methods for precious metal caps include drag, deep-cut without color, deep-cut enamel filled and laser.

Drag engraving offers a choice of block, script and double-line Gothic type styles.

For deep-cut, enamel-filled engraving, type styles include block, script and Times Regular. Color-fill options vary by product. 18, 14 and 10 karat gold filled/rolled gold writing instruments may be color-filled with black, blue, red or green. Sterling silver, silver plated, platinum plated, Medalist and chrome plated finishes accept gold tone. Lacquer finishes with gold plated appointments are color-filled with gold tone. Lacquer and satin finishes with silver plate, rhodium or chrome plated appointments are filled with silver tone, as are all ATX finishes.

Verve Selenium, Morph, Vapor, Ion, Trophy, and satin finish writing instruments must be laser engraved. Laser engraving on satin finish writing instruments with chrome appointments appear as gold time, Block and script type styles are available. Laser-style engraving does not accept color-fill.

For standard engraving, production lead time is three working days. Please allow ten working days for personalized signature engraving.

TEMPLATE ENGRAVING

Template engraving is a custom process that duplicates simplified logos or stylized print. It is available on the engraving panel of all Cross writing instruments except Radiance, Solo and MicroPen. Depending on the product being customized, template engraving options may include drag, deep-cut without color, deep-cut color-filled, or laser engraving. A complete list of options is noted in the standard engraving section above.

For satin finishes with chrome appointments, laser engraving appears as gold tone. These finishes may also be customized with deep-cut, color-filled engraving with silver-tone.

Laser engraving on all chrome writing instruments appears as tone-on-tone.

Desk set nameplates cannot be template engraved.

	*Silver-tone surface imprint is available on satin finishes with chrome appointments.

ENGRAVING ORDERING INFORMATION DESCRIPTION   Minimum order, standard engraving 1 unit Minimum order, template engraving 12 template units ENGRAVING CAPABILITIES The table below indicates the engraving styles available on each writing instrument type. It also identifies the maximum number of characters (including spaces and punctuation) allowed per line for each writing instrument, depending on the engraving style chosen. Engraving Style Cross Townsend, Classic® Century, Century II, Pen or Pencil Cross Townsend, Classic Century, Century II,Selectip or Fountain Pen Verve*, ATX, Radiance and Solo Pen or Pencil/ Selectip or Fountain Pen Single Desk Sets Double Desk Sets Drag, Block 28 27 --- 28 35 Drag, Script 26 28 --- 28 35 Drag, Double-Line Gothic 15 17 --- 21 28 Deep-filled Block 22 24 22/24 --- --- Deep-filled Script 22 24 22/24 --- --- Deep-filled Times Regular 22 24 22/24 --- --- *Deep-cut engraving on Verve Merlot cannot be color-filled. Engraving Style ATX Epoxy or Metal Pen or Pencil/ Selectip or Fountain Pen Verve, Morph or Vapor Ion Maglite®   Laser, Block 22/24 28 25 22   Laser, Script 20/22 28 25 20   Laser, Times Regular --- --- --- 22   ENGRAVING LOCATIONS Name and logo engravings will be centered in each of the locations shown below.   Call 866-448-0191 (Priority Code: 99) for assistance with pen selection, customization options and special pricing.