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Handle the substrate Other applications ● Airport light boxes: Continuously lit from inside the box. Size varies from medium to very large images. Directional and advertising content. ● Bus shelters: Inside light box, visible by day and night. Changed very often (e.g. every week). ● Street signs: Various materials from blue back paper for billboards through light boxes and rigid boards. Some are fixed for medium periods and some changed very often. ● Billboards: Very large boards covered with tiles of images, long viewing distance and low picture resolution but vivid colors. Lately changing from tiles to banners of vinyl or polyethylene. ● Interior decoration: Walls covered with graphics to create a unique atmosphere. Usually printed on blue back paper and mounted directly on walls or rigid boards. May also be printed on vinyl or fabric. ● Building wrap: Part of a building covered with vinyl or mesh substrate, which is stretched and mounted on a frame. It is often necessary to weld or sew strips of substrate together. ● Art: Very high quality images printed on canvas or other flexible or rigid substrates. ● Directional signs: Short or long term signs, usually on rigid boards. ● OEM: Decals of names or graphics associated with the equipment. Used for home and garden equipment, appliances, vehicles, vending machines, ATM, light and heavy machinery, etc. ● Flags: Banners of fabric and textile that hang down or are mounted on poles. Used indoors and outdoors. Also used as balloons of different shapes. Match applications to substrate types The following table identifies the substrate types that are appropriate for each application. Application POP posters Light boxes Vehicle graphics Wall murals Outdoor and event banners Double-sided banners Exhibition and event graphics Billboards Textiles and carpets Photos and digital fine arts Building coverings Substrate (see key below) A B C D E F G H I J K L MNO P Q R S T U V ● ●● ● ● ●●● ●● ● ●● ● ● ● ●● ● ● ●● ● ●● ● ● ●● ●●●● ● ● ● ●● ● ●● ● ●● ● ENWW Overview 19

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Other applications
Airport light boxes:
Continuously lit from inside the box. Size varies from medium to very
large images. Directional and advertising content.
Bus shelters:
Inside light box, visible by day and night. Changed very often (e.g. every week).
Street signs:
Various materials from blue back paper for billboards through light boxes and
rigid boards. Some are fixed for medium periods and some changed very often.
Billboards:
Very large boards covered with tiles of images, long viewing distance and low
picture resolution but vivid colors. Lately changing from tiles to banners of vinyl or polyethylene.
Interior decoration:
Walls covered with graphics to create a unique atmosphere. Usually
printed on blue back paper and mounted directly on walls or rigid boards. May also be printed
on vinyl or fabric.
Building wrap:
Part of a building covered with vinyl or mesh substrate, which is stretched and
mounted on a frame. It is often necessary to weld or sew strips of substrate together.
Art:
Very high quality images printed on canvas or other flexible or rigid substrates.
Directional signs:
Short or long term signs, usually on rigid boards.
OEM:
Decals of names or graphics associated with the equipment. Used for home and garden
equipment, appliances, vehicles, vending machines, ATM, light and heavy machinery, etc.
Flags:
Banners of fabric and textile that hang down or are mounted on poles. Used indoors and
outdoors. Also used as balloons of different shapes.
Match applications to substrate types
The following table identifies the substrate types that are appropriate for each application.
Application
Substrate (see key below)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
MN
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
POP posters
Light boxes
Vehicle graphics
Wall murals
Outdoor and event banners
Double-sided banners
Exhibition and event graphics
Billboards
Textiles and carpets
Photos and digital fine arts
Building coverings
ENWW
Overview
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Handle the substrate