Silk Screening/ custom Decals on aluminum

[JamesL]

Is there any affordable method of lettering or printing a logo on an anodized aluminum surface or other hard surfaces?
The same kind of logo-branding that's on just about everything I have, from my ball-point pens, mouse, headphone, speaker, etcetera...
No doubt the machinery is expensive, but seeing as the same kind of prints are on chinese-import stationary at my local $1 store, I can't imagine it being very expensive to print..
What kind of service am i looking for? I'm at a tech school, so I'm pretty sure we have several CNC machines and such..

 

[Frank4d]

If you want it etched ir engraved, check with the school machine shop. If silkscreen printed, does the school have an art department or one that does signs?