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SIGNMAKING BOOKS

Sign Gallery 5 Sign Gallery 5
The latest edition of Signs of the Times sign contest winners.

Sign Graphics
400 images of graphic identity, interior and urban graphics.

Channel Letter Sign Sales Handbook
Expand your business to include selling channel letter signs.

Sign Contractors Pricing Guide
National averages of retail prices for commercial signs.





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new products
Translucent Film
Avery rolls out MPI 2150.

Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division (Painesville, OH) is releasing the MPI 2150, a 3.2-mil, digitally printable, translucent film that provides consistent light transmission when applied over a light source. It is suited for self-adhesive, illuminated signage in subways, menu boards, bus shelters and other locales. The film resists shrinking, even with heavy ink-load images and can last five years with a cast overlaminate. MPI 2150 is available in 60 in. x 50 yd., 54 in. x 5 . . .  » MORE
    Translucent Film

Flatbed Cutting Plotter
Graphtec is releasing the FC2250 flatbed cutting plotters series.

Graphtec America, Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) is announcing its FC2250 series advanced flatbed cutting plotters. Its six model configurations support the cutting and scoring of thick media. The FC2250 series has a maximum cutting speed of 16 in./sec. and 20g to 1000g selectable cutting forces. The FC2250 series features the Advanced Registration Marks System, which adjusts for several types of print distortions, including media shifting and expansion/contraction. Eight . . .  » MORE
   



new products
Red-Hot Wall Art
Bluemedia wraps a Suns staircase

Bluemedia (Phoenix) wrapped these dual, 50-ft. stairwell pillars at the US Airways Center, home of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. As a sponsor for the team’s ’07-’08 season, bluemedia decorated the staircase with blazing Suns logos, while showcasing bluemedia’s products and services. Printed on a HP TurboJet TJ8300, the 3M Controltac vinyl depicts bluemedia installers suspended from harnesses and perched on ladders . . .  » MORE
    Red-Hot Wall Art

Why Use Overlaminates?
Also, tips and tricks for successful laminate use

Most wide-format graphics veterans accept that overlaminates are necessary for a wide-format graphic. However, I’m still regularly asked, “Do I need to laminate my graphic?” I generally answer with a question of my own: “How are the graphics going to be used?” If the customer requires durability beyond two to three years, a laminate will be needed. If the graphic will be applied in a high-traffic area, a laminate wil . . .  » MORE
    Why Use Overlaminates?

Vinyl: A History
For its inaugural column, 3M tracks the media’s evolution.

Advances in chemistry, evolving manufacturing methods, societal demands and changing business conditions mark vinyl’s history and evolution. With this progress, the signage and graphics-arts industries have transformed; road safety has improved, and businesses have gained a bright, modern way to advertise and identify themselves. In 1937, when 3M engineers laid double-coated cloth tape, which contained glass beads, as a roadway median, no o . . .  » MORE
    Vinyl: A History




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