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Working closely with selected printing companies,
we are able to offer our clients a wide range of digital printing options.
Graphics are printed on high resolution machines outputting
the finest photographic quality images – ideal for all your exhibition,
sales communication and marketing requirements.
We can guide clients through the latest materials and printing options,
best suited to individual projects. Our design background guarantees
that the end result will be printing of the highest standard, all
correctly
finished for all the display systems we supply. Accustomed to tight deadlines, we can turn
around most projects in 2–5 working days from receipt of artwork.
Banner materials suitable for the displays we supply are featured here – including
information on finishes, durability, fire rating, material transparency and
storage factors.
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D4.8 displays with sealed cotech banners printed on the HP500
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Ink jet printers
Ink jet printers like the HP5000 output full colour CMYK
graphics using either water or pigment inks at resolutions
up to 1200dpi. Maximum printing width is 150cm. A wide
variety of specially coated media is available for these
machines. We recommended them where high quality graphics
are required which use photographic images, rich solid
colours or smooth graduated tones.
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D4.6 –
100C displays with E–Screen banners
Photography : David Barbour. Graphic Art © Nils Davey |
Direct to Media
We use a Arizona GT250, which can print on to virtually any material up to a thickness of 48mm thick. It can accept both flexible rolled media and rigid boards. The Arizona UV curable inks adhere to most materials and are water and fade proof. The clever bit is the Oce VariaDot Imaging Technology which varies the drop size, from as little as 6 picoliters up to 42 picoliters. What this means is that you can get fine crisp detail - text as small as 6 pt. is perfectly legible but by increasing the droplet size you get better graduations and good dense solid colours. The result is near photographic image quality with a
sharpness that’s only been seen before this at resolutions of 1,440 dpi or higher.
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| D4.6 – 100C displays with Metallic lightblock banners printed on Mimaki JV4 |
Dye sublimation
Dye sublimation is used to print images
on to fabrics and is the process of changing ink particles
into gas, which are heat transferred into the textile.
The images are actually dyed into the fabric. The printing
process is two part. First graphics are printed on to
a carrier paper using Mimaki JV4 printing dye based dispersal
inks. The carrier film and fabric are then run through
heated rollers where the sublimation process occurs.
The advantages of dye sublimation are that textiles are
very durable and can be laundered. Fabrics are generally
lighter than other printing media making them easier
to transport and store. They also have a different look
and feel from paper or film based graphics. We recommend
these fabrics for use on curved D4 displays.
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