Getting into Banners

[Dave271069]

Wasnt sure where to put this,
i want to start printing banners i have a oki610 which says it can print up to 1.2 m banners but if i want to print these large ones you see dotted around the place how do i get into this? what printer and ink do i need?
Dave

[s31teg]

You mean the ones with eyelets in, you normally cable tie up?

I have a Roland with solvent ink i use for this.

[tlworkwear]

I think the Oki can only print paper banners not the ones with eyelets in because I asked before for my C5750. Don't quote me on that though.

[smo]

Oki is definately limited to paper.

For vinyl type banners you need a large format solvent printer, then you need to stitch the edges and put in the eyelets.

[Johnny]

Oki is definately limited to paper.

For vinyl type banners you need a large format solvent printer, then you need to stitch the edges and put in the eyelets.

Actual stitching? With needles and thread? We use double sided tape :p
Wide format will cost you £10k+; 1370 Banner material on a roll is a few hundred; Eyelet press £300ish; Eyelets, around 10p per set; Doublesided tape for edge folding is about £15 a roll for 25m (i think); 2.5m guillotine will cost you ~£400.
J.

[guarddog14]

i used to do them with a mimaki print and cut machine i think the roland versacam is similar but the ink cost was very high on these , there are some special type of printers that make the ink very cheap for this type of thing can't remeber the name though sorry , might be litho something or other lol

[RogerC]

Dave you'll need a eco solvent printer for banners as has been said above....Versacamm or similar.

[socialgiraffe]

Agree with Johnny, don't bother with sewing, get some serious double sided tape.

I did a banner for the side of my local church. I used double sided tape to fold over the edges and prayed that it will hold (was in the right place at least!!!). Not only that, this banner is 20 meters long and at about 17 meters my machine decided to spew it out and give up. No way I was running it again (especially as it was a freebie). So just ran the remainder and used double sided tape to stick it together.

it was only supposed to be there a year, but three years later its still up and still looks good. double sided tape all the way for me

I used Roland inks but do not find the ink cost too much. Set the machine to the lowest resolution and it does not use that much. I think I worked it out once at about £3 per meter including materials. But I could be wrong there.

For those that do banners, I saw a pretty good substitute to eyelets at FESPA - http://www.bannerups.com/ American company and the things looked pretty darn strong.

[s31teg]

I seen the power ups but you need to trim your banner to the exact size, its easier just folding i think.

I use sunchemical bulk ink on my versacamm and its perfect, profiled to the same as Roland ink so all profiles are the time

also £15 a roll for 25m, ouch! that is expensive tape!

[Johnny]

For those that do banners, I saw a pretty good substitute to eyelets at FESPA - http://www.bannerups.com/ American company and the things looked pretty darn strong.

They look pretty nifty.

Spandex do a hook and loop elastic which fits in the eyelets, can't find them at the minute but they come out at about £1.50 each.
Also, they're being nice and giving away free Halloween artwork! Haven't taken a look yet. http://www.spandex.com/UK/Materials/Acc ... _Pack.aspx