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Category: Banners

Where to Buy Retractable Banners or Advertising Display Banners

Pull Up Banner Stands

This is how to know where to purchase display advertising banners, as well as retractable banners for a cheap wholesale price.

We are asked, periodically, where to purchase dye sublimation printed fabric display banners, roll up banners, retractable banners, pull up banners, advertising banners, display banners, or vinyl banners.

Why Printed Banners Were Expensive

In the not-too-distant past, these items found mostly in the realm of your local sign company, who, lacking equipment to print full color banners, decals, or other signage, would go to their wholesale sources and “special order” these items for  you.

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The Best Placement of Advertising Banners in Order to be Seen

Pull Up Banners

I got this question today about where to place your printed vinyl or fabric advertising banners in order to get the best visibility. Check out some of my ideas discussed below.

Question: I’d like to purchase some advertising banners to advertise new products and services for our business. What are the best locations to place them?

I need to give a multi-faceted answer to this question as there’s a lot more than just placing banners where they can be seen. For instance, do your potential clients even need or want what you are offering? Or do you need to educate them on why they need what you’re introducing to the market?

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How to Hang a Dye Sublimation Printed Fabric Display Banner

installing fabric banners

This is how you assemble and hang dye sublimation printed Fabric Banners and Displays for retail and trade show environments. Read the article below.

Question: I need to know how to assemble and hang a dye sublimation printed fabric banner. Can you help me out with this?

Also, can I illuminate a hanging sign or banner?

Without knowing specifically what you’re hanging other than a banner, I’ll give you a few ideas and hopefully one of them will work for you.

Dye Sub Fabric Banners with Grommets

If you have a standard dye sub printed fabric banner,

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Are Dye Sub Printed Fabric Banners Better Than Vinyl Banners?

dye sublimated banners vs polyvinyl banners

Dye sublimation printed Fabric Banners versus Vinyl Banners, which do you think is better? Well, here’s what I think.

Question: Can you tell me why you think vinyl banners or cloth fabric banners are superior?

Yes, and no. They are both superior in certain applications, and both inferior in other applications. It would be similar, I think, to ask whether a car or a pickup truck is superior. The answer would be similar. Yes. And no.

A pickup truck is great if you need to haul a bed or a couch or a dresser or a fridge,

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How to Install Dye Sublimation Printed Banners on Trade Show Displays, Banner Stands, or Hanging Displays

Installing Trade Show Graphics to Pop Up Display

In this article, you will learn how to install dye sublimation printed fabric banners on displays or frames.

Question: How are dye sublimation printed fabric structures/signs installed or hung?

There are many different apparati for utilizing dye sublimation printed fabrics.

Hanging with Simple Tools

The simplest method is, of course, to hang a print similar to how you’d hang a banner – by tacking it to a wall or hanging it from grommets and using screws or nails to attach it to a wall.

Hanging with a Rod

After that,

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How Dye Sublimation Fabric/Cloth Printing is Used Commercially

Printed Fabric Trade Show Display

This is how you can commercially use dye sublimated fabric banners. Read full article below.

Question: In what commercial applications are dye sublimation printed cloth or fabric used?

There are quite a number of applications for dye sub printing on fabric/cloth, most of which are commercial at some level, although some products like shirts end up on retail store display racks and shelves.

Commercially, though, where an end user is using the actual printed fabric, there are still a lot of applications we can talk about. However, for those who are new to this discussion,

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Large Format Poster, Sign, and Banner Printer – Which One to Buy

wide format sign printer

For this blog posting, you will learn about wide format printers for indoor and outdoor poster, banner, and sign making.

Question: I am wondering what type of printer I could use to print 36 inch to 42 inches in width posters, banners, or outdoor signs and the like?

There are many companies that produce large format printers, but I can’t really tell you which ones are going to fit your needs as I don’t know what your end game is, and we also aren’t allowed to promote brand names of printers, other than to say, do your homework and try to find companies using the machine you’re interested in and interview them if at all possible.

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Printed Cloth Fabrics – Banners, Tapestries, Quilts and Others

Fabric Printing

What is this piece of large fabric with designs on it? This is one of the many questions I have come across with. I thought I’d take time to discuss it today.

Question: I can’t think of the term that you call a large piece of fabric with a design or designs on it. Can you help me out?

I’ll give it a try. There are a lot of options here we can talk about, with a lot of ways to put designs on a large piece of fabric, or we can make a large piece of fabric using lots of pieces to make a design.

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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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