How to Make a Lasting Impression with a Large Format Printing Banner?

Latest Printing Technology Provides a Wealth of Custom Banner Options

Businesses want their brands to be noticed, and a large custom banner can grab a potential customer’s eye instantly. The sophisticated technology available today allows customers to dream big and see their imagination come to life in large, living color in the form of their business signs be it a conference banner, sports banner or a banner for schools. These days you can have your banner in a range of sizes, materials, colors and text types.

You must, however, make sure that your printing vendor delivers large banners of superior print quality with an affordable price tag. Large format printing (also known as wide format printing) uses a variety of materials depending on the client’s requirements: paper, vinyl, metal, glass, wood, foam board, PVC piping, fabric, canvas, to name a few.

Companies offering large format printing are also including interactive media elements into their graphics. At least 20% of large format signage clients have opted to use interactive graphics elements like QR codes. In the past, many printers feared the arrival of digital display signage and thought it would negatively impact printed signage. But there has been no cause for alarm with only 11% of respondents in the InfoTrends Survey having purchased digital displays. For many companies, they will use a large format banner alongside a digital display.

Many people are jumping on the large format printing banner wagon. We see these large custom banners used as event signs for occasions like graduation ceremonies, anniversaries, welcome home and birthday parties. We see these banners dominate the space as trade shows displays, both indoors and outdoors. People use large format printing for car wraps, wallpaper, merchandise backdrops, window graphics, POP displays, lobby signs, architectural designs, and blueprints. The printing size range is anywhere from 18 -100 inches in width. You can also get super wide or grand format printing for sizes above 100 inches.

There are two main types of large format banners. The first type is for use indoors. Printing for these interior signs takes the form of posters or tension ceilings and is often printed on paper (double laminated), fabric or PVC signs. The second type is for outdoors. It includes single items like banners and flags and large-scale projects like stadium branding. For outdoor use, large format flags and banners must be waterproof and durable due to the constant exposure to the elements. Ultraviolet or solvent printing is most used for these large banners.

When you print on banner fabric, you can expect the banner to last up to three years due to the coating method of either lamination or casting. When choosing the more expensive, yet stronger casting option banners as custom lighted signs, you have three options:

• Frontlit: for stands, billboards, firewalls, and banners. Front lighting is required for the best effect.
• Backlit: Used for banner fabric in light box signs that are lit from the inside.
• Blackout: For two-sided printing for hanging flags and banners.

Communities require eye-catching and highly visible visual media to attract passersby and shoppers. Crafting effective designs is a process that blends artistic creativity and scientific precision.

You get different banners that are uniquely suited to a specific business. If you have a restaurant that is close to a freeway, you will benefit from an extremely large hanging outdoor banner that can be seen from quite a distance away.

A hanging banner is most often used by retailers, car dealerships, and restaurants. They are frequently displayed on the sidewall of a building, using grommets and wire to hang it up. Hanging banners can be used both indoors and outdoors. With an adjustable banner, you can control the width and height of it in an indoor location. They are stand up signs that can be displayed as retail store signs or restaurant signs as they are easy to set up and take down. Outdoor custom flag banners flap outside in the wind, catching passerby’s attention. These advertising flags draw increased foot traffic to the business. You can have banners attached to poles as a of building signs or other stationary point either inside or outside. You can even print shade cover banners for use as a patio cover or awning that has your company logo emblazoned on it.