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Handle the substrate, Overview, Applications, Vehicle wrap applications

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3 Handle the substrate Handle the substrate Overview Applications For each printing application, some substrate types are more appropriate than others. POP applications ● Banners: Free-hanging, horizontally or vertically. Usually vinyl, but can be fabric. ● Backlit: Usually inside a light box, visible by day and night. ● Posters: Various sizes of flat pictures, usually framed or mounted on a rigid substrate. ● Boards: A rigid substrate with logo, name, directional sign, etc. Long- and short-term usage. ● Windows: Covering all or part of a window for messaging and advertising. Usually exposed to sunlight. ● Floors: Stuck to the floor for directional or promotional purposes. Exposed to extreme rub conditions. ● 3D: Usually laminated. Vehicle wrap applications ● Cars: Self-adhesive vinyl used to cover all or part of a vehicle. Has many uses from simple lettering and shapes to complex graphics. Can also be used for irregular shapes with vinyl cutting. Usually single cars, sometimes fleets. ● Trucks: Covering all or part of a truck for naming or advertising purposes. Can be applied to a rigid surface with self-adhesive vinyl or flexible curtains. Usually done for fleets. ● Trains: Covering single track or full train with self-adhesive vinyl. Window areas covered with perforated substrate to "see through". ● Buses/taxis: Some are fully covered like cars; some fleets have side panels of either adhesive vinyl or framed image boards, made of rigid or flexible substrate. 18 Chapter 3 Handle the substrate ENWW

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Handle the substrate
Overview
Applications
For each printing application, some substrate types are more appropriate than others.
POP applications
●
Banners:
Free-hanging, horizontally or vertically. Usually vinyl, but can be fabric.
●
Backlit:
Usually inside a light box, visible by day and night.
●
Posters:
Various sizes of flat pictures, usually framed or mounted on a rigid substrate.
●
Boards:
A rigid substrate with logo, name, directional sign, etc. Long- and short-term usage.
●
Windows:
Covering all or part of a window for messaging and advertising. Usually exposed to
sunlight.
●
Floors:
Stuck to the floor for directional or promotional purposes. Exposed to extreme rub
conditions.
●
3D:
Usually laminated.
Vehicle wrap applications
●
Cars:
Self-adhesive vinyl used to cover all or part of a vehicle. Has many uses from simple
lettering and shapes to complex graphics. Can also be used for irregular shapes with vinyl cutting.
Usually single cars, sometimes fleets.
●
Trucks:
Covering all or part of a truck for naming or advertising purposes. Can be applied to a
rigid surface with self-adhesive vinyl or flexible curtains. Usually done for fleets.
●
Trains:
Covering single track or full train with self-adhesive vinyl. Window areas covered with
perforated substrate to “see through”.
●
Buses/taxis:
Some are fully covered like cars; some fleets have side panels of either adhesive
vinyl or framed image boards, made of rigid or flexible substrate.
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Chapter 3
Handle the substrate
ENWW
Handle the substrate