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"Roller Blind" Sign
We have been asked by the local Town Council to produce a map of the town on a roller blind style affair.
I was just wondering whether anyone had done this sort of thing before, and whether there is anywhere that sells a kit that would let us do it? (Long shot I know).
If not I’m thinking of just buying a roller blind, dismantling it and printing some banner material, then putting it back together using that.
Any other ideas?
Robert
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12 Replies
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Robert
I attended a demo of a printer at Victory Design on Monday, and they showed me a print on a roller blind that had been done on one of their machines.
Obviously one of the profiles for their printer worked fine for this material.
Give them a call, or speak to your printer supplier if you have your own print machine.
Tony
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I couldn’t find a roller blind to suit my new bathroom. So i bought a fairly decent quality roller blind from John Lewis. Ditched the blind that came with it & ran a print i designed using a Vutek printer onto Artex material. Fitted it onto the roller mechanism with double sided tape. Worked a treat and have even got some orders out of it too from people using my bathroom!!!
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I had a customer of mine who needed some lettering on a roller blind
he bought in, I sent it to my screen printer who made a wonder full job
and not needing to take it apart.Martin
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Thanks for all the replies. I think the way I’m going to go is buyin a blind and printing onto something with my cadet. (Hope they don’t want anything over 750 wide).
Mayger – what is this Artex material you mentioned? Sounds like I should be able to do exactly what you’ve described.
Robert
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quote Galliford:I sent it to my screen printer who made a wonder full job
and not needing to take it apart.i would go with the screenprinting also…the ink does not come off or fade either…they last for years 😛
nik
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Well we do have a screen printing shop too, hand benches, and auto’s that we use for printing temporary, flexible road signs, but this is a one off and I haven’t yet seen the detail and colours required. We don’t make our own screens either. I guess what I’m trying to say is that its an “easier” option to digitally print it.
Niknax – are you talking about 4 colour process printing? Or are you thinking of being able to use spot colours.
Thanks for your input
Robert
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quote comeonulinnets:Or are you thinking of being able to use spot colours.
spot colours robert, as printing half-tones on a blind (there are quite a few different materials from smooth to really rough material) just dry up when printing with a wider mesh….. 😀
nik
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Well I’ll have a look at the map first but it wouldn’t surprise me if its a bit too colourful to use spot colours. We don’t make our own screens, so we have to pay to have filmwork made, pay a carrier to take the screen to be exposed, pay to expose it, then pay to get it back again. It can easily cost us £200 to expose a single screen!
Actually when I think about it, theres no wonder I was thinking of using the cadet!
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quote comeonulinnets:Well I’ll have a look at the map first but it wouldn’t surprise me if its a bit too colourful to use spot colours. We don’t make our own screens, so we have to pay to have filmwork made, pay a carrier to take the screen to be exposed, pay to expose it, then pay to get it back again. It can easily cost us £200 to expose a single screen!
Actually when I think about it, theres no wonder I was thinking of using the cadet!
wow big costs there…what size of screen would the price apply too? 😀
i would go with the cadet…if you know it’s a complex design, but would you still have to make up and weld the bars at the bottom of the blind? 😛nik
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That would be for a screen of approx 900-1000mm by 1000-1200mm. Welding the bottom shouldn’t be a prob as we have high frequency welders for our flexible pvc roadsigns. the top should hopefully just be able to be stapled or taped to the roller mechanism.
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just out of interest…on a really thick interwoven blind is the print with the cadet, any good, does the ink sit on the top or go into the grooves? 😀
hope you understand what i’m trying to explain 😮 😉nik
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I would think that it would go into the grooves I can’t see why it wouldn’t. Not sure how sharp the image would be though. Having said that B&P (I think) sent me a swatch of materials, one of which was a canvas type material which was fairly rough so maybe the image would still be reasonable?
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