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SEAL Graphics launches range of dye-sublimation banner Textiles at Fespa digital
Tuesday 01. April 2008 - In order that marketers can extend the gamut of applications possible from todays photo-quality dye-sublimation printers, a new range of textiles suitable for both in-door and outdoor use is now available from SEAL Graphics.
Comprising of no less than five different fabrics that have been specifically de-signed for use with both transfer and direct dye-sub print technologies, they are suitable for printing with solvent-, water- and oil-based dye sub inks in applications such as banners, exhibition graphics and POP displays.
One textile – which SEAL Graphics calls its Mirror Flag – is particularly useful for transparent applications such as indoor and outdoor flags and room or stand divid-ers. It is a 100 per cent knitted, 110g/m2 polyester fabric with excellent bleed-through qualities.
Another – the Poplin Banner is also 100 per cent polyester and offers excellent durability and crease-resistant qualities; whilst the 3D Banner textile has been designed for 3-dimensional advertising and therefore offers great stretchability properties.
The remaining two textiles are the Double Print and Light Banner fabrics. The former is a 280g/m2 polyester with two different finishes: satin on one side and matt on the other. Both sides are equally printable and this material offers good long-term outdoor durability. The latter fabric also offers good long-term outdoor dura-bility but is lighter – at 200g/m2 – and has a greater degree of stretch for better use in display systems.
All fabrics have the B1 and NFPA 701 fire rating.
When used with dye-sublimation printers, these textiles are ready to handle imme-diately they exit the printer and deliver outstanding UV- and scratch-resistance.