What environmental certification really means to your business and your customers. By Juli Case Sustainable. Eco-friendly. Green. Carbon footprint. These words, and the concepts behind them, have become commonplace in business today. Not only are they all over the popular media, but they now have a place in business plans and sales strategies on a [...]

By Tim Greene Usually, I write about new and cool uses of digitally printed fabrics. This is about something much more mainstream: banners. Banners are one of the, if not the, primary wide format digital print applications. They can be used indoors or outdoors for one day or for months at a time. Banners have [...]

By Kelly Morris Rainier Industries has been providing high-quality graphics for trade shows and exhibits since its visual merchandising expansion in 2002. In that year, we operated as Rainier Displays with one 10-foot roll-to-roll printer and one 60-inch e-stat printer. Today, we are operating three wide-format roll-to-roll Durst Rho printers, two Durst flatbed Rho printers, [...]

By at Hayes, CPP In more than 50 years of being involved in selling goods and services to both music and textile users, I am hard pressed to simplify my thoughts into a few basic ingredients. Selling is all about relationships. For me, closing the sale commences at the time I begin prospecting. What am [...]

The domestically manufactured Vantage® narrow-profile LED backlit display is one of the brightest LED backlit displays on the market. Not only does the display offer the traditional benefits of energy efficiency and increased life expectancy of typical LED backlit displays, but it features a unit that rivals traditional fluorescent backlit displays in brightness. Clearr also [...]

The Kona Cutter line from Mutoh America features a full-color LCD touch screen with multiple language capabilities. The standard media support rollers allow trouble-free vinyl handling, while ensuring perfect tracking. The optional roll-off system is available for contactless loading of pre-printed rolls. The cutters integrate a laser-based optical sensor for automatic job recognition and accurate [...]

SEPIAX ink from Graphics One prints on virtually any substrate, whether coated or uncoated. The ink is eco-friendly, non-toxic, non-flammable and odorless. Lasting up to three years outdoors without any lamination, it offers a color gamut nearly identical to OEM eco-solvent inks with pigments that provide excellent light-fastness. SEPIAX ink works with printers from Mutoh, [...]

Tri Vantage’s Dickson® Orchestra North American Collection consists of 91 patterns, 25 of which are entirely new to the North American market. These new fabrics include unique solid colors, like gold and linen, and feature striped patterns that combine neutral colors with bold colors. The collection features solution-dyed woven acrylic fabric, which is water-repellent, mildew-resistant, [...]

Fisher Textiles, one of the leading suppliers of fabrics for digital printing, has added GF 1480 Poplin (FR) to its Grand Format fabric line for dye sublimation and UV printing. Previously only available in 60-inch and 72-inch sizes, GF 1480 is a 120-inch 4.4 ounce woven that is 100 percent polyester. Applications include apparel, banners, [...]

SEAL® brand Print Shield® Anti-Graffiti safeguards prints by making them washable and resistant to a large number of detergents and solvents. The high-performance, PCTFE film protects images printed on UV or solvent inkjet printers. It also allows easy removal of most other stains and chemicals that may find their way onto the graphic. The film [...]