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Popular Uses & Tips for Pole Banners

Pole banners aka boulevard banners are a favorite form of advertising for towns and cities, campuses, business complexes, etc. They are attractive, durable and versatile. The banners are excellent for street beautification, branding and promotion for tourism, events, and more.

The city of Hartford, CT did a campaign around their city using the then new tag line “Hartford Has It” paired with imagery to represent a range of city activities. “Hartford Has It — Fun,” “Hartford Has It — Music,” “Hartford ...

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6
JUN
2018

Banners, SignCenter Blog, Wholesale Printing

Tips for Designing Banners

Posted by: SignCenter

The nicer weather that comes with spring and summer means more people will be outside hosting events and festivals. That means it is also time to start thinking about advertising these events with printed banners.

Hanging banners is a great way to get publicity for an event. They can be strategically placed in high traffic areas and are seen by both foot traffic and road traffic.

SignCenter produces banners every day. Every type of banner, from pole to over the ...

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23
MAY
2018

Banners, Event Graphics, Large-Format Printing, Signage, Wholesale Printing

tips for banner design

12 Signs You May Be A Print Reseller

Posted by: SignCenter

Your customers rely on you to supply them with high quality prints, quickly and consistently.
You enjoy working with designers and print buyers to provide creative, cost effective solutions for their 2 and 3-dimensional media projects.
You pay more attention to the construction of the corrugated counter displays than you do to the merchandise being sold in it. Packaging fascinates you. Everything from design, construction and printing.
You sleep soundly at night having the peace of mind that comes from having a ...

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8
MAY
2018

SignCenter Blog, Wholesale Printing

Oh, I Love Polypropylene!

Posted by: SignCenter

We covered a lot of information in our last post on popular window graphics. Today we are going to discuss an option for windows that is exclusive to SignCenter. To clarify, the substrate itself is not unique to us, but what we do with it is pretty spectacular. So much so that any time someone asks our CSR Debbie about it, she gets happy and responds, “Oh, I love polypropylene!”

Polypropylene

Polypropylene is a synthetic medium that is a digital ...

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24
APR
2018

Retail Graphics, Signage, SignCenter Blog, Wholesale Printing, Window Graphics

Know Your Window Media: Static Clings, Vinyl, WINCOS…Whoa!

Posted by: SignCenter

Window graphics are the ideal signage for retail environments. They give brands an opportunity to attract passersby and they are easy to install and take down, which is perfect for frequently changed messaging.

There is an incredible number of substrates available for windows and each one is worthy in its own right. The key is understanding which window media will work best for its intended use and the desired look.

First, let’s review color and light characteristics.

Translucent: Allows light through. ...

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10
APR
2018

Retail Graphics, Signage, SignCenter Blog, Wholesale Printing, Window Graphics

Common Ground High School Students Explore the World of Print

Posted by: SignCenter

Milford, Conn., April 5, 2018- Common Ground students toured SignCenter to learn about the careers available and the skills required to work in the printing industry.

Students from the charter high school Common Ground of New Haven, Conn. were introduced to the world of printing when they visited SignCenter, a wholesale large-format print provider in Milford, Conn. The purpose of their visit was career exploration and to learn about the various types of skills needed to work in the print industry. ...

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5
APR
2018

News

Visual Merchandisers Create Excellent Print Opportunities

Posted by: SignCenter

Whether you are a seasoned print broker or just breaking into the world of retail graphics, make sure you are prepared to deliver the exacting requirements of visual merchandisers.

Using both interior and exterior visual displays, visual merchandisers plan the entire layout and flow of a store. They strategically place graphics, signage, and POS displays.

All surfaces are considered: window graphics to lure consumers in, wall signs and floor graphics to gently guide them through the store and counter displays at the ...

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27
MAR
2018

Display Graphics, Retail Graphics, SignCenter Blog, Wholesale Printing

SignCenter Adds Brilliant Large-Format Dye-Sub Boards to its Capabilities

Posted by: SignCenter

Milford, Conn., March 20, 2018 – Increasing their wholesale offerings, SignCenter adds new print equipment to produce large-format dye-sublimated rigid boards.

SignCenter, the exclusive to the trade large-format printer, headquartered in Milford, Connecticut, continues to add to its collection of print technologies with the addition of two new heat presses and a new dye-sublimation printer.

SignCenter chose the Geo Knight 931 Triton, a 54″ x 103″ automatic rigid sublimation heat press, paired with the Epson SureColor F7200 to grow their dye-sublimated ...

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20
MAR
2018

Display Graphics, Large-Format Printing, News, Wholesale Printing

dye-sublimation, rigid boards

Command Z: An Exclusive Perk from SignCenter

Posted by: SignCenter

Everyone who has visited SignCenter’s production facility in Milford remarks at the substantial investments we have made in equipment. From our perspective, however, the investment is not in printers and laminators, but in our customers’ success.

Our goal is to make our resellers wildly successful selling our prints, and we do our best to make that happen through customer service support, media and process education, sales samples, and diligent quality control. Unfortunately, sometimes our print brokers and resellers ...

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6
MAR
2018

Large-Format Printing, SignCenter Blog, Wholesale Printing

How Dye-Sublimated Fabric Benefits Tradeshows & Exhibits

Posted by: SignCenter

Jes here. I am the Marketing Manager at SignCenter. I wanted to share some thoughts on dye-sublimated graphics for tradeshow booths. As someone who travelled to international tradeshows in the early 2000’s and was frequently responsible for set up and breakdown of trade show booths, I cannot stress enough how jealous I am that we did not have full color dye-sublimated fabric booths then. I see how far the print technologies have come with fabric and how they have literally ...

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27
FEB
2018

Fabric Graphics, Large-Format Printing, Trade Show Graphics, Wholesale Printing

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