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===Current=== ====Devlin==== [[Devlin]]'s [[Devlin Q series|Q series]] and [[Devlin K series|K series]] keycaps are available in both double-shot and engraved forms. <gallery widths=250 heights=187> File:Devlin Q series -- double-shot 1.jpg | Devlin Q series </gallery> ====GMK==== Until early 2010, [[Cherry]] still offered double-shot moulded keycaps as an option for their POS and special-order keyboards. Production ultimately stopped and all keyboards with double-shot moulded keycaps were called off. November 2012, it was announced that German company [[GMK]] had acquired the original tooling and moulds<ref>Deskthority β [http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/german-company-gmk-does-mx-2shots-t4435.html German company GMK does MX 2shots]</ref>. In December 2012, [[EliteKeyboards]] offered the first GMK product in the form of a double-shot Cherry Escape key<ref>Deskthority β [http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/ek-selling-authentic-cherry-doubleshot-esc-t4504.html EK selling authentic cherry doubleshot esc]</ref>. <gallery widths=250 heights=187> File:GMKEscapes.jpg | [[GMK]] keycaps from Elitekeyboards and from 2013-2014 [[group buy | group buys]] </gallery> ====RAFI==== <gallery widths=250 heights=187> File:RAFI RS 74 M double-shot keycaps.jpg | RAFI RS 74 M keycaps from a [[Neve Necam 96]] keyboard </gallery> ====Signature Plastics==== [[Signature Plastics]] took over the keycap manufacturing of [[Comptec]]. <gallery widths=250 heights=187> File:Signature Plastics novelty doubleshot.jpg | [[Signature Plastics]] [[group buy]] [[novelty keycaps]] File:Double shot capslock1.jpg | Part-complete Signature Plastics double-shot keycap production sample File:Double shot capslock2.jpg | Back of production sample File:Double shot 2nd color.jpg | The first shot, a white legend prior to molding File:Double shot samples1.jpg | Front of Signature Plastics keycaps after the second shot File:Double shot samples2.jpg | Back of keycaps after the second shot File:RGB modifiers.jpg | [[RGB modifiers]] File:Assorted novelty keycaps.jpg | Assorted [[novelty keycaps]] </gallery> ====Tai-Hao==== [[Tai-Hao]] are a long-time manufacturer of double-shot keycaps, both Cherry MX mount and Alps mount. Their widely-used [[Tai-Hao TI series|TI series]] is still manufactured to this day, and has been extended to cover PBT keycaps. Tai-Hao keycaps were used by brands including [[Ortek]], [[Focus Electronic]] and [[Northgate Computer Systems]]. Tai-Hao offer opaque PBT, backlit ABS and backlit PBT double-shot keycaps.<ref>Tai-Hao β [http://www.tai-hao.com/catalog/ Products]</ref> <gallery widths=250 heights=187> File:Taiwan Tai-Hao doubleshot samples, top.jpg | 2013 product samples File:Taiwan Tai-Hao doubleshot samples, bottom.jpg | Bottom view showing the moulding process File:Tai-Hai doubleshot comparison -- tops.jpg | 1991/1992 keycaps (top) and 2013 group buy keycaps (bottom) File:Tai-Hai doubleshot comparison -- undersides.jpg | Underside view File:Tai-Hao GB -- assorted keycaps.jpg | Assorted [[Tai-Hao 2013 keycap group buys|2013 group buy]] keycaps File:Taiwan Tai-Hao rubber doubleshots, Cherry packet.jpg | [[Cherry MX mount]] rubber [[WASD]] gamer keycaps File:Taiwan Tai-Hao rubber doubleshots.jpg | Top and bottom views of the rubber gamer keycaps File:Tai Hao TH-5150-CAT keycaps.jpg | Double-shot and silkscreen printed [[Tai-Hao TH series|TH series]] keycaps </gallery> ====Topre==== The [[Topre Realforce RGB]] comes with backlit double-shot keycaps. These are one of the product ranges that show a stencil look to the first shot.<ref name="topre" /> While sold by Topre, it is not confirmed that Topre manufacture the keycaps themselves. ====Vortex==== [[Vortex]] are one of the manufacturers of PBT double-shot keycaps. Vortex backlit keycaps use translucent POM for the first shot, and PBT for the second shot.<ref>Massdrop β [https://www.massdrop.com/buy/vortex-backlit-doubleshot-pbt-keycaps Vortex Backlit Doubleshot PBT Keycaps]</ref> Vortex also offer non-backlit double-shot PBT keycaps.<ref>Mechanical Keyboards β [https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=773 Blue - Bi-Color PBT Double Shot Keycap Set by Vortex]</ref>
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