by Ceri | Jan 30, 2014 | Banner displays
It is important to keep in mind the type of material that will be used for banner wall printing that you choose. Different types of materials require different banner wall printingtechniques as well as different types of ink, paints or other coatings. In choosing the type of material as well as the coatings that will be used it is important to consider whether you will be using your banner walls indoors or in the great outdoors.
The materials used for outdoor banner wall printing need to be much hardier and tougher than the materials used indoors even when the banners are displayed undercover. Moisture, wind and the UV rays from the sun can cause damage to the banner materials resulting in them degrading and deteriorating. These natural elements can also cause damage to the type of printing that you have chosen by fading or even cracking the coatings. Try to choose water proof and UV resistant printing formulas to prevent and lessen the likelihood or fading, cracking and degradation of the banner wall printing.
In addition you can ensure that your banner wall printing is further covered by a coating to provide further protection against the elements. Remember that the banner wall printing materials may also become damaged while being transported. Find out whether your banner wall printing provider can offer you a convenient carry bag that will provide protection during transport. The carry bag will in addition offer you a convenient storage solution for your banner walls as well as make lugging the products around easier. A banner wall printing provider will be able to assist you in ensuring that you get the best value for your money with durable and long wearing banners to meet your requirements.
For more information on the types of materials that are suitable for use with banner wall printing whether for indoor or outdoor use, you can contact us.
by Ceri | Jan 30, 2014 | Banner displays
If you are looking for a trusted supplier, designer and printer of banners and signs in South Africa look no further than Scan Display. Established in 1996 the company focuses on exhibition displays and visual communication products.
Our range of banners and signs is extensive and we have an impressive client list. As an award winning exhibition design and display company we have completed projects for clients with the likes of Anglo American and Vodacom. Some of the signs designed and installed at clients are that of Nashua Mobile and Guess.
Our product range in addition to banners and signs includes, but is not limited to:
- Exhibition stands including mobile, custom, and Unibox stands.
- Pop-up, roll-up, and pull-up stands.
- Sports branding equipment, banners and signs.
- Brochure stands.
- Exhibition furniture
- Light boxes
- Flooring
- Modulboxes
- Poster displays
- Retail merchandising units
- Audio-visual equipment
- Folding systems
- Showcases
- Counters
We also provide other services in addition to the printing and design of banners and signs including:
- Exhibition infrastructure design and setup
- Shell schemes development
- Furniture rental
Several of our exhibition projects for clients have won awards. We have also used banners and signs at many of them. Some of the award winners:
- Trubok at Markex in Johannesburg in 2007
- Three Cities Management at the Tourism Indaba in Durban 2008
- Events on Show Meeting in Johannesburg 2009
- Altech at GSM Africa in Cape Town 2009
- Vodacom & Vodafone Live Digital Expo in Johannesburg 2008
- Scan Display at Markex in Johannesburg 2008
- Voith at Electra Mining in Johannesburg 2008
- Maskew Miller Longman at the Cape Town Book Fair in 2007.
From the above list it becomes clear that well established companies trust us with their exhibition displays, banners and signs. Contact us today and enjoy the benefits of professional service, affordable pricing, and superior quality banners and signs.
by Ceri | Jan 30, 2014 | Banner displays
Scan Display established in 1996 provides a wide range of large format banner printing and design services as part of our focus on visually attractive exhibition and communication displays. We have the expertise in large format banner printing to ensure that whatever wall or walls you require for your trade show exhibition will be done professionally.
Our designers and artists involved in the large format banner printing operations know which fabrics and materials to use, what will look the best, create the most impact, and will look perfect even a couple of years from now.
Large format banner printing entails the usage of state of the art equipment, modern printing techniques and advanced machinery. We have all of it, the manpower, knowledge and experience ensuring professional end-results every time.
Many of the exhibition projects that we have worked on and did large format banner printing have won awards including for instance:
- Three Cities Management at the 2008 Tourism Indaba
- Voith at the Electra Mining Exhibition held in Johannesburg in 2008
- Scan Display at the Markex in KZN held in 2007
Large format banner printing is done on many of the mobile exhibition stands ensuring that clients can have stunning visual effects which can be used over and over again.
In addition to our large form banner printing services we also offer the following products and services:
- Exhibition design and lay-out
- Project management
- Furniture rental
- Setup of shell schemes
- Pop-up displays
- Roll-up banners
- Pull-up banners
- Modulboxes
- Mobile Unibox designs
- Expo range mobile displays
- Gazebos and outdoor display banners
- Brochure stands
- Audio-visual equipment
- Light boxes
- Signage
- Custom design stands
- Poster displays
- Showcases
- Counters
Contact us today to make use of our large format banner printing services and products.
by Ceri | Jan 30, 2014 | Banner displays
The most important success factor at an expo is the ability to attract attention and focus it on your specific company and its products. It is essential to get as many as possible visitors to your booth and attractive advertising banners are more often than not the answer.
The advertising banners should be eye catching, bright, bold and colourful to create the desired effect. Without the correct stands for advertising banners, your ads may not only go unnoticed, but display poorly.
It is recommended that you do a bit of research on the most appropriate banner stands for exhibitions and trade shows. You need to consider your budget, the durability, ease of use, and mobility of the stands before you select one for your advertising banners.
The roll-up or pull-up stands work well with trade shows and can also be used for smaller exhibitions and presentations. One benefit of the roll-up stands is that they are light. This means easier carrying from one spot to another. There is also the benefit of keeping the banners in tip top condition, but at the end of the day it is about display. And this is where the roll-up wins every time. The retractable feature makes it even more convenient, ensuring easy storage. You will be able to use the banners over and over, while storing will not be associated with dust build-up.
We offer a range of roll-up stands for advertising banners ensuring that you will be able to display small, medium and larger than life size banners with ease and professionally. View our range of display products and contact us today for a quote, order or assistance in the selection of the best items for your exhibition purposes.
by Ceri | Jan 30, 2014 | Banner displays
Advertising Banner Printing Should Be Striking And Concise
A client’s first impression when they approach your exhibition stand depends very much on the advertising banner printing that appears on your banners. Therefore, advertising banner printing should be carefully planned to ensure a great visual impact that presents information and graphics in a striking and informative way and piques the client’s interest. Detailed, text advertising banner printing is a waste of a good medium, because people strolling through an exhibition or trade fair are not going to stand still and read a vast write-up in small text on your advertising banner.
That is why it is so important to present advertising banner printing that does what it is supposed to do: draw the prospective client into your stand with just enough information to get them to ask for more. Roll-up banners work particularly well for indoor exhibitions, because they can be had in very large sizes and create a striking visual impact. Their large, vertical surface area allows imaginative advertising banner printing to be used on them and because they are vertical banners, they use up little horizontal floor space, which is usually at a premium at indoor exhibitions.
You can have the advertising banner printing on these roll-up banners designed to present large graphics, bold text and prominent logos to capture people’s attention even from afar. Being indoors, these banners’ advertising banner printing will bear some detail together with the graphics, as long as you present it in a simple, short and preferably bulleted format to take in at a glance. Outdoor banners do not always afford you such a luxury and if you want to appeal to passers-by or perhaps even motorists, your advertising banner printing should be large and simple and devoid of any detail that can muddle the message.
Large Format Digital Printing Offers Quality And Cost Advantages
Large format digital printing is used frequently by companies that require banners, displays and other large format advertising and promotional material printed. Traditional printing processes have proved unsatisfactory for the fast-moving advertising and exhibition industry and present several disadvantages:
- Traditional printing takes up a lot of time and constitutes a long chain of processes.
- Last minute changes are costly because an entire section of the process has to be repeated.
- Few copies are very expensive and you have to print many to bring unit costs down.
- Many people are involved in the process, driving up costs – and more things can go wrong.
The Advantages of Large Format Digital Printing
Digital printing holds many advantages, not least the lean process with less fuss and clutter from concept to final product. Unlike normal canvas printing procedures, the file is saved electronically and printed directly from this electronic copy – this means a very quick turnaround time. It also does not matter if you want one copy or many hundreds of copies; you start saving money from Copy 1, unlike traditional printing processes that require economies of scale.
It is also simplicity itself to affect last-minute changes to the design, because all the changes are made to the electronic file. There are far fewer people in the chain of events, so you save both time and money and fewer things can go wrong en route to the final printed product. Your digital printing professional should also be able to assist you with the choices of materials to print on and supply you with sound design advice.
The Importance of a Professional Service Provider
It is of the utmost importance that the company that does your large format digital printing has the latest equipment to perform a top quality job on large media, along with a team of designers that can help you create the banner advertising campaign you have envisioned. Large format printing appears mostly on banners, gazebos and other places where large designs have to be viewed from afar by passers-by.
Intelligently designed advertising and promotional material can be re-used many times over again and if the quality of the large format digital printing is the best available, there is no reason why you cannot use your banners at every trade fair and show you attend. Pull-up banners are especially popular at exhibitions, because although they are compact and easy to transport, carry and set up, they provide a large area for printing (up to 1.5 m x 2.1 m) and each side can be printed differently.
They can be seen from afar, but you have to carefully consider what you put on them, because nobody wants to stand and read a lot of fine print while passing by your exhibition. The money you had spent on the large format digital printing will simply go to waste if your design is not simple, eye-catching and timeless. Include text, by all means, but keep it short, sweet and preferably bulleted so the information will be easy to disseminate.
Contact us today to learn more about large format digital printing.
by Ceri | Oct 29, 2013 | Banner displays
The advertising and marketing industry is well-known with coming up with new and exciting ways to showcase new products, sales and even great specials. These days, there are so many different point-of-sale options to choose from that no one would blame you if you found the whole thing a little confusing. Well now, you have your very own guide to every type of banner and promotional tool you can think of, and the benefits of using them.
Before you buy any type of banner, it is useful to remember that the banners we supply all have different purposes, and can be printed in different ways. Some are smaller, some are bigger, some simply pop up, and we make them this way specifically for what you want to use them for. All of these banners, no matter what they’re being used for, are designed with dignity and printed with pride and that is our stamp of excellence.
What Banners Should Be Used in Store?
If you’re planning on using banners in your store, you have a lot of options available to you depending on whether you want to catch someone’s eye, inform, persuade or just create something really cool. A category banner for example, that sticks out of an eye-level height shelf is perfect for catching the attention of shoppers walking down an aisle.
As previously mentioned, there are many different types of banners that can be used for just about anything and just about anywhere you want to catch people’s attention. Our banners are so versatile that you can let your imagination run free and use them in any way you want to. Here’s a little trade secret that may help you decide which banner you want: they can be printed in multiple colours, die cut to any shape or even made into lenticulars.
Types of Banners for Just About Any Use
A wobbler is also a great in store tool, and if placed correctly on the shelf, will get people really excited about your product or sale. In store, you may also want to consider using a pull up banner if you have an ongoing promotion and plan on having a promoter doing some sampling work for you. This type of banner is very clever indeed, since it consists of a round tube with a printed banner inside it that literally pulls up and secures to show off your message.
An A-frame banner for example, can be used on a large scale at the entrance of a store, or on a smaller scale where it is placed on a table as a promotional tool. One of the best types of banners to use is a flag, since this can be used just about anywhere either in a store or even outdoors. It can be stuck onto an item or a shelf, held by promoters or even printed larger than life to attract a lot of attention.
What Are Other Banners Used For?
They’re always eye-catching, and can be designed and printed to suit your needs and will always make you and your product look great. We take a sense of pride in every piece of work we print, no matter how small or large, so don’t hesitate to call us today. If you are planning on using flags, also consider trying out some bunting, a type of print that consists of many smaller flags that are strung together to span across a shelf and are very eye-catching.
So the next time you’re thinking of showing off your products or advertising a great sale, keep your eyes on our banners.
