Vinyl banners are worth considering as a low cost form of outdoor advertising and/or as promotion materials.
Most banners are now printed digitally using large format inkjet printers which can produce outdoor bill boards in full colour are capable of printing a full color from a single piece of material.
PVC is a heavy vinyl which is the most commonly used material used for vinyl graphics. The weights very enormously according to banner use – normally in the range from just under 10 oz to 20+ oz in either single or double sided.
The massive wall scale banners are printed on a special mesh to allow wind passage.
There are a variety of types from those water based inks throug semi-solvent to solvent based inks, and UV curing is sometimes used to give colour stability.
Vinyl lettered banners can be created cut from self-adhesive vinyl by manually or increasingly common computer-driven vinyl cutters.
Screenprinted banners are created by stencils, one colour at a time.
Hand-painted graphics and lettering are now uncommon
Other considerations include provision for hanging for which grommets need inserting.
Vinyl banners have many uses particularly for promotion materials – but it is vital to choose the correct methods for the application in hand. Vinyl graphics and vinyl printing are specialist areas – so contact printing london to discuss the types of vinyl printing.
