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Double Sided Printed Banners?

Posted by Tim Painter on 31 May 2006 at 10:46

weird…..posted this then it fell off for some reason……….

anyway…. can printed banners be printed double sided or do they need to be 2 pieces back to back to stop show through?

Thanks

Tim.

Shane Drew replied 18 years, 11 months ago 10 Members · 12 Replies
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Adwiz

Member
31 May 2006 at 11:00

there’s a special "blockout" banner with black inlay to prevent show through of pictures
John Stevenson

Member
31 May 2006 at 11:01

Hi Tim
Yes, they can be printed both sides.

Needs special material – it has a membrane in the middle to prevent show-through.

I’ve seen some from All Print Supplies (01753 696977) but I expect most suppliers have a version.

Regards
John
Shane Drew

Member
31 May 2006 at 11:12

As has been said, ask your supplier for a blockout material, that can be printed on both sides.

Alignment is the only real issue.
Chris Dowd

Member
31 May 2006 at 17:01

Registration is your problem. We print two pieces then tape together, a lot easier than trying to get your registration correct.
Rod Young

Member
31 May 2006 at 20:24
quote Tim Painter:

can printed banners be printed double sided or do they need to be 2 pieces back to back to stop show through?

Thanks

Tim.

Something new in SignLab is the See Through Sign Wizard, which allows you to quickly arrange two designs back-to-back for printing to clear transparent vinyl. Includes ability to print multiple underbase to prevent show through, and can introduce a custom perforation pattern as an alternative to buying perforated vinyl.
1. Go to the main CADlink.com page.
2. Locate Products along top menu, choose SignLab.
3. Along left-hand menu, click What’s NEW?
4. There will be introductory text and a link for See Through Sign Wizard.
Cheers,

Rod
David Rowland

Member
1 June 2006 at 00:08

hi folks… currently in the office printing double sided.. what fun 😥 the first attempts is a learning curve but have done this now for over 5 years and it is a registration problem.. but i can get them within 5mm which is good enough for most applications.
Peter Normington

Member
1 June 2006 at 00:13

Dave, apart from the glory of working late, what advantage does a double side have over 2 singles stuck back to back?
Time wise the latter is much quicker to produce, so eliminating the nominal cost of the extra material?

Peter
adam scott

Member
30 October 2006 at 15:44

lovely double siders, they are only annoying when something goes wrong on the second side but apart from that the registration is just practise ie marking the banner perfectly and getting the left hand margin to the mil,

ps make sure the material is running perfectly straight otherwise you will lose the registration by quite alot
Pauly

Member
12 November 2006 at 23:50

We ave found it cheaper and easier to print two seperate sides and have them stuck together, also, when printing double sided, we didnt like the idea of having to wait until one side was cured until printing the other, it all just seemed more hassle than it was worth. We had too many troubles of banner that wasnt cured properly sticking to the plattern when trying to print the second side.
David Rowland

Member
13 November 2006 at 00:04

well in the previous company i was in, the lamp column banners are printed double sided then stitched quite heavily, we done hundreds in different cities and this has prove itself as the strongest.
Two single sided stuck together in high-wind causes a flapping noise and can weaken over time. Also, after a while u get used to printing double sided, we dont think twice about it, we just do it.
Robert Lambie

Member
13 November 2006 at 01:15

i haven’t done many projecting banners but when we have we have done them back to back using "block out" banner from europoint.
the block out stuff is tougher and thicker than normal banner. doubled up, hemmed welded together and you have one tough banner.
lots of projecting banner systems fail due to wind load etc… by that i mean the poles bend, brackets snap or fixings come away… with this i mind, the banner must be equally as durable.

ill be honest, i personally think the whole printing double sided is a bit of a pointless headache if your customer hasn’t specified it.
Shane Drew

Member
13 November 2006 at 02:46

quote Pauly:

We ave found it cheaper and easier to print two seperate sides and have them stuck together, also, when printing double sided, we didnt like the idea of having to wait until one side was cured until printing the other, it all just seemed more hassle than it was worth. We had too many troubles of banner that wasnt cured properly sticking to the plattern when trying to print the second side.

Me too. I gave up doing d/s banner printing moons ago. 2 x s/s and stitched together is the quickest option as far as I’m concerned.