A ball point pen, also known as a biro which was first coined after its inventor Laszlo Biro. Mini ball pens have an internal chamber which is full of dense ink and is relayed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a minute metal ball made of steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. The production of these cost-effective and dependable pens was the culmination of much experiment, contemporary chemistry and the meticulous abilities of 20th century expertise. The first Plastics Retractable Ball Pens patent was confirmed on 30th October 1889 by leather tanner named John Loud.

Printed Pens are often used by businesses as a form of endorsements usually printed with the Company logo and contact information and disseminated for free. Ball point pens as gifts are an inexpensive way to promote a Company, plus it is highly-effective too. Affordable, customized, and useful-printed pens are all these. And these three factors alone make Lanyard Pens nice gift items regardless of the season or occasion, or perfect campaign tools for marketing.

This means that regardless of the purpose you want printed pens for, you can always take advantage of them being affordable. For people who just want a few pens to print designs on for their selves and their closest peers, this means readily accessible and cheap pens and all that's left for them to look for is the specialty shop from which they can have the pens printed on. For people like entrepreneurs who want to use promotional pens in an advertising campaign, this means a lot of savings and a cost-effective medium of marketing.


Printed pens are always handy and useful. Compared to other items that are usually given away like memorabilia or tokens of appreciation which have no other value beyond aesthetics, people can always use a pen ready at hand when they need to jot something down. In effect, as a souvenir or giveaway, customized pens have an aesthetic factor thanks to their design and print, as well as practical value thanks to their core functionality.