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Tag: Dye Sublimation

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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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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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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Dye Sublimation Printing of Fabric Banners – Grommets Vs. Pole Pockets

Creating Grommets

In this article, you will know how to get those gorgeous color prints through dye Sub banner printing, plus, how grommets differ from pole pockets.

Questions: How do you get such gorgeous colors on your fabric banners?

Our polyester fabric banners are printed using the heat transfer or dye sublimation printing method. This method uses heat and pressure to create nearly photographic reproduction of your images on fabrics from knits to satins to sheer fabrics.

The Process of Dye Sublimation Printing

The way the dye sublimation printing process works with fabric is this.

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Dye Sublimation Banners: Advantages, Outdoor Usage, & Unsuitable Substrates

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Using sublimated banners outdoors. What are the substrates available for fabric printing. And, opting for dye sub displays.

Question: Why can’t dye sub printed banners or other items be used out-of-doors?

I am not sure exactly who fed that information to you, but it is absolutely and unequivocally untrue.

For instance, one of the most popular places to use dye sublimation printing is on snowboards. Another is light pole banners. There are several fabrics that can be used for display graphics outdoors at outdoor trade shows.

Another place that dye sublimation printing is used is on gazebo covers.

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Choosing the Right Fabric for Your Dye Sublimated Cloth Banner

Custom Cloth Banner Printing

There are various kinds of cloth or fabric substrates that are suitable for dye sublimation banner printing. In choosing the right one according to your needs, there are certain factors to consider.

Question:  There are a lot of fabric choices when selecting a banner fabric. What factors should I consider?

This is a very good question, and one which we have some very valuable experience in. First off, let me congratulate you for your intelligent choice in selecting fabric banners. For the price, which is about what vinyl banners cost per square foot in the 90’s,

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How to Make a Dye Sublimated Cloth Banner

Personalized Printed Fabrics

It might be a misnomer in some ways to title this article “How To Make A Cloth Banner” because honestly, I don’t even know how to make a one! Well, that’s not exactly true, but I don’t really know how to make a cloth banner from scratch.

I am not a seamster, although I did sew a shirt with my Mom’s help when I was 14, and I still put buttons back on my shirts when they pop off (no jokes here please). But I have seen it done before when I used to have a sub-contractor who was amazing at making appliquéd banners for our client,

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How Sublimation Fabric Printing Makes Beautiful Prints

Sublimation fabric printing

If you did a Google or Yahoo! query for the term sublimation fabric printing, in all likelihood you are looking for a company that does it for banners, trade show graphics, cloth posters, or flags.

You also may have been looking for textile print company that does it, although more than likely, with its increasing popularity as an advertising medium, you are looking for the former.

Why Sublimation Printed Cloth Fabric Banners Will Always Impress Your Clientele

I have penned several articles regarding this method of printing, also known as dye sublimation,

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A Simple Explanation of Fabric Sublimation Printing

Dye sub banner printer

If you did a search for fabric sublimation printing, you were looking for textile company that does banners, posters, or flags. While this has been around for decades, this particular term has become most closely associated with the large format printing industry, specifically banners and trade show graphics.

I’ve mentioned in other articles on this topic that dye sub printing is a relative newcomer in the sign and banner industry, and that in the past decades, vinyl banners were the main advertising medium for inexpensive temporary advertising. Vinyl items are still a huge industry, and everything from billboards to the sides of buildings and even truck trailers have vinyl displays advertising on them.

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