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Month: December 2013

Durability of Polyester Poplin Fabric Banner for Parades

Poplin Fabric Parade Banner

Are Poplin Fabric Banners Suitable and Strong Enough for Parade Events?

Question: We’re planning to purchase a banner for our high school marching band for an upcoming parade. Is a poplin fabric banner strong enough for this usage?

I’m assuming you’re using a polyester poplin material for the banner as that’s the only poplin banner material that can be printed with dye sublimation printing? Secondly, what exactly are you planning to do with this banner in the parade that might worry you about durability!?

Durability of Polyester Fabrics

Polyester fabrics are generally pretty durable,

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Fabric Banners for Art Reproduction and Sporting Events

wide format dye sublimated banners

You can recreate your photos on large format dye sublimated fabric banners. Dye sublimation printing is able to reproduce high quality photographic prints even in large format sizes. Also, read how you can make your own fabric banners for sporting events.

Question: I am an artist and a photographer, and was wondering if I can order pictures or art reproductions on fabric?

The only limit to printing on fabric is your imagination. Dye sublimation printing on fabrics is not only available, it is the best way to reproduce your pictures due to the dye sublimation printing process itself.

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Where Can I Find Custom Printing of Cloth Banners?

Custom Fabric Banner Printing

This is how you can purchase a large format custom printed fabric banners.

Question: How and where should I go to purchase a custom printed cloth banner?

It will depend on what type of custom printed fabric banner you’re looking for, as well as the size and quantity.

If you’re looking for a one off, simply enter dye sublimation printed cloth or fabric banner into the search bar on your web browser, and you should find a company or two that you can work with. If you are a re-seller, your search may not be much different,

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Making Appliqué and Dye Sublimation Printed Fabric Banners

4CP Printing of Banners

This is the last part of the 3-part article series about appliqued fabric banners. I have discussed about the history in the first 2 articles, in this last part, I have discussed about making or buying fabric banners for a medieval-style wedding.

Original Question (Don’t worry, I will answer it eventually!): I am planning a medieval themed wedding and would like to know the best way to make or buy cloth fabric banners for our celebration?

I’ll finish up the history on this installment here in part three and answer the original question tomorrow.

In this section,

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Appliqué and Dye Sublimation Printed Fabric Banners Part 2

historical applique cloth banner

This is the second part of the 3-part article series on the history of appliqued banners and how they were used in the ancient times.

Original Question (Don’t worry, I will answer it eventually!): I am planning a medieval themed wedding and would like to know the best way to make or buy cloth fabric banners for our celebration?

Still unpacking the history here in part two –

Use of Appliquéd Cloth in Danhomè History

Originally, because it was the art genre of royalty, most of the older examples of appliquéd cloth banners depict various military campaigns of the king and his assumed name or likeness.

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History of Appliqué and Dye Sublimation Printed Fabric Banners

Appliqued Fabric Banner

This is the first part of this 3-part article about the history of applique banners and the shift to dye sublimated polyester fabric banners. Let’s start off with the history before diving into the dye sublimated banners.

Question: I am planning a medieval themed wedding and would like to know the best way to make or buy cloth fabric banners for our celebration?

Making appliquéd fabric banners would be the most authentic way to accomplish this, but it will depend entirely on your budget. Appliquéd cloth banners are an art form and require some sewing skills akin to quilting,

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How an Internally Illuminated Cabinet Pole Sign Is Constructed

Illuminated Pole Signage

In this blog post, I will share to you what I know when it comes to making and designing a 4′ x 8′ internally illuminated cabinet signage.

Question: Our church is requesting that some of us “handymen” construct a double-sided internally illuminated sign for the church.

Are you able to help us design and build a 4’ x 8’ sign like this?

That is a loaded question. First, if you are in the US, Canada, or most Western European countries, labels are required on your sign requiring it to be listed with a government agency that has approved you to produce an electrical sign.

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Dye Sub Printing File Resolution & Trade Show Exhibition Questions

Printed Fabric Trade Show Display

The file resolution your files need for dye sublimation banner printing, the manpower you need to set up you trade show pop up display, fabric banners with fire retardant property, and trade show displays you’ll need aside from backwall and pop up booth for your trade show booth.

Question: For dye sub banner printing, what resolution do you need our files to be at?

Most files will print clearly full sized at 100dpi, or half-sized at 200dpi. In the dye sublimation printing process, because through heat and pressure the printing dye is converted to a gaseous state,

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