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Vinyl Mesh Banners for Wind-Resistant Advertising Part 1

Mesh vinyl banner
April 3rd, 2023
Banners

Mesh banners have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their unique features and practicality.

What are Mesh Banners?

Made from a durable, sturdy material, these banners are designed with perforated vinyl that allows wind to flow through the banners, making them a good choice for some outdoor advertising venues such as sporting events crowd control, and low to medium wind areas. Whether you’re looking to attract attention to your business or promote an upcoming event, mesh banners can be the best choice for your outdoor marketing campaign.

Where Should Vinyl Mesh Banners Be Used?

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Digital Printing of Vinyl Banners

Polyvinyl Banners
September 12th, 2023
Graphic Display Printing Guide

This is another online guide to full color custom vinyl banner printing…

Printed displays like vinyl banners stay relevant despite the emergence of digital advertising with fancy screens or reader boards. Companies, businesses, or retail environments still exhibit these stationary ads on their own shops, establishments, or trade show exhibits.

There have been significant improvements in digital printing making this type of printing more efficient, larger, and with better print quality over the past decade that give printers the ability to reproduce prints of graphic images in beautiful tones of colors in larger sizes.

I have been working in the printing industry for 25 years.

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Large Format Banner Printing

large format banners
September 7th, 2023
Graphic Display Printing Guide

This is your online guide to printing large format banners with or without banner stands…

This is our online guide to large format printed banners. Your main choices for large format banners are either dye sublimation printed cloth fabric banners or digitally printed PVC (vinyl) banners, but the important thing is that the inks or dyes are printed in durable and bright photographic quality.

The discussions I have shared here are not limited to just the printing itself, but also cover designing your banners, how to purchase, display, and maintain them, and how to store them.

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Preparing Your Design for Fabric Banner Printing

dye sublimated banners vs polyvinyl banners
September 5th, 2023
Banners

Using fabric banners for business marketing and events is a classy way to go if you plan to display your banners indoors. There are many reasons to opt for fabric over vinyl banners.

First of all, if you have your fabric banner printing done by a reputable company, you should get a 3-5 year guarantee that it will not fade. Secondly, it allows for extremely vivid colors while vinyl is rather limited. Lastly, the printed fabrics are available in many different sizes–even custom sizes–to fit your business’ needs.

How to Design a Fabric Banner for Printing

If you’ve decided to design your own fabric banner,

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Pull Up or Roll Up Banner Sizes – Plus, RGB vs CMYK Printing

Roll Up Banners
June 7th, 2023
Banners

The different sizes of pull up or roll up banners. The file types for to save your designs for banner printing. And, CMYK versus RGB Color Spectrum.

Question:  In today’s mailbag, Jan asks, “I need to order some pull up or roll up banners. What sizes are available and what advice you could give me for the print file design and file type?”

Thanks for your question, Jan. There are several sizes available, from table top roll up banners to very large back wall retractable banners. Horizontal sizes range from 22 inches to 60 inches to heights of 36 inches to over 10 feet.

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Various Types of Inks Used When Printing Posters or Banners

Dyes and Inks
June 7th, 2023
Banners

The kinds of inks used and designed for banner and poster Printing.

Question: An anonymous reader asks today about the types of ink that are used for printing banners and posters?

This is a pretty broad-based question as it has less to do with what is being printed versus what type of printing is being used to print the posters and banners, although material will also have somewhat to do with the type of printing being done.

With poster printing, the type of inks being used are potentially several different types, again, depending on the printer itself.

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Pantone Colors for Banners – Lettering Sizes for Better Viewing

Poster Print
June 7th, 2023
Banners

The usage of pantone color matching for banner and poster printing, and the graphic lettering sizes to use in order to make a readable signage for better viewing.

Question:  From today’s mail bag, Joe M. has asked if we can print Pantone Matching System® (PMS) colors on banners or posters?

Joe, the answer to your question is generally “yes.” Most printing equipment today, which includes screen printing, offset printing (lithographic printing), dye sublimation fabric printing, flexographic printing, and digital printing, to name a few, are capable, some at the entry of the PMS number into the printer’s computer,

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Various Types of Banners

printed banner types
June 6th, 2023
Banners

The different kinds of printed banners available in the market today.

Question: How Many Different Types of Banners Are There?

Quite a few if you break some of the major categories into individual pieces. Also, some banners that were popular in past years have all but faded from the scene due to changes in technology and printing.

The main categories in existence today are PVC, or vinyl banners, and fabric banners. Both of these categories are fairly expansive, and I will not go into all the nuances of each material, but I will give a good overview of the more popular choices.

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Printing on Vinyl and Polyester Cloth Banners

large format printing
May 30th, 2023
Banners

The type of plastic and fabric materials printed on to make banner displays.

Question: What type of plastic are banners printed on?

Polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, is still one of the most popular materials to print banners with. There are other plastics as well, although one is a fabric type of plastic, but comes from petroleum as well.

Polyvinyl Chloride

PVC is a petroleum-based plastic, as they all are, that has had “plasticizers” added to create the soft, roll-able material that many printers, screen, digital, and other printers have used for the past three decades.

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Choosing a Dye Sublimation Fabric Display Printer

epson sublimation printing machine
May 22nd, 2023
Banners

Recommendations when it comes to choosing the right dye sublimation printers, especially if you are starting your own fabric banner printing shop.

Question: Could you recommend a sublimation printer?

No. I post these Q & A articles on sites that won’t allow me to use brand names or shamelessly self-promote our company, so I have to tread lightly. However, I can tell you how we shop for equipment like dye sub printers.

Determine Your Market

First, determine your market. Do you need a 2.1 meter width printer, or a 3.2 meter. What is available?

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