| Personalised promotional pens are pens or pencils | | | | down a small ink reservoir which is housed within the |
| which have been printed with a specific logo or | | | | body of the pen, mainly by the action of gravity. |
| advertisement. These personalised pens are generally | | | | When the pen is not in use the ball that is housed |
| given away at business meetings such as | | | | within the socket is not moving, and this seals the |
| conferences and exhibitions, and this helps to | | | | end of the reservoir which contains either a spirit |
| promote a company to any future or existing | | | | double dye, or an oil-soluble dye, and prevents it |
| customers. Personalised pens can vary hugely in | | | | from drying out. |
| design and many different styles of pen are available | | | | The ball is usually made from steel, but some pens |
| to suit any companies requirements. | | | | may have synthetic sapphire balls. The balls in these |
| They can range from a simple low costing | | | | pens generally have a diameter of 1mm, and most |
| £0.08p pen, to a more refined £50.00 | | | | manufacturers use tips of this size. In some ballpoint |
| deluxe writing instrument. Promotional pens are a | | | | pens the tip and the reservoir can be retracted into |
| great way to promote a company and get them | | | | the body of the pen when the pen is not in use, and |
| noticed, as pens are very commonly used in all types | | | | this can help prevent any further drying out of the |
| of industry, indeed they are a necessity, and are | | | | tip, and makes it safe to put away into a jacket or |
| often seen lying around in many different places such | | | | shirt pocket etc.There are various mechanism's for |
| as desk tops and office cabinets, and will catch the | | | | extending and retracting the tip of the pen, and |
| eye of anyone passing by. Pens can be customised | | | | these are typically operated by a simple button push |
| to suit customers requirements with any logo, or | | | | at the end of the pen, directly opposite the tip. The |
| even message printed on them. | | | | ballpoint pen is very economical and easy to use in |
| Personalised promotional pens can be of the | | | | comparison to the traditional fountain pen, and a |
| traditional fountain pen type, or the ballpoint type, | | | | single reservoir can last many times longer than a |
| with the latter being the more common type of pen | | | | 'filled' fountain pen. |
| in use today. The ballpoint pen is a writing instrument | | | | When the reservoir in the ballpoint pen has been |
| which has a small rolling ball, housed in a socket at | | | | depleted it can be replaced, as is the case for deluxe |
| the tip, and transfers a viscous ink onto the writing | | | | types, or discarded and thrown away if they are of |
| surface. The ball is lubricated by the ink, which moves | | | | the inexpensive type. |