| If you are thinking of giving away an optical mouse | | | | your corporate gift different from the rest, you can |
| mat that is to be used exclusively with an optical | | | | use glass as an alternative to plastic. A glass mat |
| mouse as your next promotional gift, then you will | | | | certainly looks attractive as a mouse mat but keep in |
| need to learn about what makes certain mouse mats | | | | mind that glass typically doesn't handle high resolution |
| suitable with optical mice, vis-a-vis those conventional | | | | printing well and there are additional processes |
| trackball style mice. The most notable difference | | | | required to make glass readily working with an optical |
| between the two is of course the tracking | | | | mouse, for example the frosting and profiling process |
| mechanism on the mouse itself; conventional mice are | | | | required to add intricate graphics into this material. |
| fit with trackballs to facilitate the movement of the | | | | The good thing here is that the cost relating to |
| mouse and they also double-act as sensors to plot | | | | frosting or text rising that simulate high resolution |
| the mouse movement. In the case of an optical | | | | print in glass is quite reasonable, when you talk about |
| mouse, however, an optical sensor is used to keep | | | | material cost as well as production costs. But if you |
| track on the whole mat surface to figure out user | | | | are serious in getting a metal type optical mouse |
| movement. | | | | mat, be ready with a bigger budget, because optical |
| This will work to your favour as optical mouse users | | | | mice need high detail graphic to track users |
| pay more attention to their mouse mats and you can | | | | movement the metal surface would have to be |
| take this opportunity to work the entire surface of | | | | etched or texturized, and that can cost quite a bit. |
| your optical mouse mats to your advantage. But this | | | | The two extremes in preparing a metal optical mouse |
| inherent benefit comes at a cost as this mat type is | | | | mat are: the traditional brushed aluminum finishes that |
| expected to be graphically intensive with high level | | | | represent the easiest and least expensive option, and |
| resolution in order to optimize the optical mouse | | | | the heavily engraved finishing that depicts every level |
| performance. The choice of material type to be used | | | | of details of graphics type makes up the other end. |
| is not so much critical in the case of an optical mouse | | | | The problem with the cheap brushed metal mouse |
| mat but they may play a part in how much you | | | | mat is that you cannot include your company logo or |
| spend for your promotional effort. | | | | slogan and this adds little in advertising your business. |
| Plastic is often the material of choice for an optical | | | | However with a glass mouse mat, you will not have |
| mouse mat because it makes for easy printing and | | | | this problem as you can put company/product |
| also convenient lamination as that protective coat to | | | | information on the underside of the glass. It will still |
| keep promotional message protected from being | | | | be shown through as glass is transparent in nature |
| rubbed off and fading. Another appealing reason for | | | | even though it is frosted. |
| plastic is its relative low cost. If you want to make | | | | |