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Banners: Print vs Vinyl??
Hey oop,
i’ve been asked to quote for a job to put two double sided banners on a building, complete with tensioner systems, i plan to buy the banners from the same Co who’re supplying the fixings,anyways, they can digitally print the banners for about the same price as i’d ask after buying in the banner vinyl and applying it all,
my question is… will the digital print have a comparable life expectancy to the banner vinyl ?
ps, i know they’re only meant to be temporary, for that reason the customer has asked me to price a spare pair of banners after i explained that, would the shelf life of a digi printed banner be good if stored properly ? i dont wanna sell ti him if in a years time, when the old mght want replacing, the ‘new’ banners are deteriorated in any way,
any help will be appreciated,
Hugh
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7 Replies
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I was wondering what your name was Hugh, anyway… we have printed hundreds of street lighting banners over the last 7-8 years, they are done on a Mimaki Solvent, however the mimaki is rated at 3-4 years lightfastness but never had any trouble with any fading on banners. No customer has never complained.
Just one word of advice, make sure you fix it VERY well, if in a windy place then you need to consider a strong fixing. Easiest to think of a banner as a boat sail, so becareful on the structrial loading.
If you are going to store banners, then Roll them but not too tight, it will damage them and they will get used to being a rolled up banner.
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thank you Dave,
re installation, i plan to use banner box’s banner tensioning system, the std duty set up will be more than capable, they’re not particularly cheap, but look nice and profeshnial and secure,
Hugh
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Hi, from my limited experience digital is always the way to go because its a lot less hassle for you and with the right supplier it will look just as good and last just as long.. Check what your supplier is charging you for digital, as a trade customer you should be looking for £20-25 per sq mtr max with finishing and if not look for another supplier of the print to suit the fixings. Be careful to specify colour matching if thats important and good luck with the job!
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i’m meeting the customer tomorow (tuesday pm) and will be showing him what i’ve found out so far, i know pretty much what he wanted over the phone, and have such have pretty much already done the quote based on a ‘simple black text’ as he put it,
i think the white total block banner with double sided digi print was £68+vat to me, i think i just added the vat and 25% which makes it about £102 to the customer, plus all the hardware, all from the same supplier, so theoretically, all i need do is order, unpack, climb up scaffolding, drill twelve holes, attach a banner, tighten the tensioners and go home for dinner ! theoretically anyways ! 😮
does that price of 68 + vat sound about right ? i’d prob pay £30 in materials and banner to make myself, plus an hour to cut/apply both sides, so don’t see point of doing myself really,
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just remember the structral loading.. it is rare that we make anything bigger then 2mtr by 600mm, it is too risky.
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I might have got this wrong Hugh, but to fit on site, involving scaffold, I would charge at least £100, not including the Banner!
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size is 600w x 1200h, system i’m gonna use is good for 1000×2000,
have also quoted that labour cost is included and is based on access as described, and there being no structural problems encountered when installing poles,
is there owt else i should think of ?
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