Tips and Technical Information

Over the years we have been asked by many customers for support and detailed information on best practice with wide-format printers, and also for maintenance tips on the machines. Whilst we focus on consistent good quality media, we also have a large amount of experience in printing all types of media in our print room, so we have put together the following tips and hints to help you to maintain your machines.

We offer a few tips to help you in correctly handling, printing, using media profiles and storing Solvent and Latex printed media. Using correctly written media profiles takes the guesswork out of printing, will raise output quality, ensure colour consistency and reduce ink costs. Read on for more simple tips that will help you achieve the best results from your Solvent & Latex media.

A general guide for using self-adhesive materials in different conditions. Installing in hot or cold weather, the importance of a clean surface, the cause of adhesive ‘milking’, location and orientation of media and how it affects lifespan, how to avoid rare instances of media cracking glass on window applications, getting the best out of magnetic media and the importance of outgassing solvent prints.

This simplified explanation will arm you with the basic facts of Fire Ratings for graphics media! Fire Ratings are a complex business due to national differences with different standards and for different locations of tested products. Where a Fire Rating is applicable to our products a Fire Certificate can be found in the downloads area on each of the relevant product pages and this guide will help you get to grips with what Fire Ratings mean.

Choosing the right vinyl for your sign, display and print projects usually comes down to where it is to be applied and for how long. Should I choose a Calendered or Cast vinyl? What adhesive? Your choice of face films and adhesives can vary significantly depending on each project, so here are the basic things you need to know about vinyls.

Here are some recommendations on how to store self-adhesive materials, on weeding, cutting and transferring pre-spaced images, plus removing old/existing signage, preparing substrates for installation, and methods for application of pre-spaced graphics (‘wet’ and ‘dry’ application methods).