Top Eleven Reasons to Use Backlit Fabric Graphics

Backlit fabric graphics have become the latest rage due to advances in fabric options, printing technology, advances in lighting, and overall greener production approaches. Backlit interior signage has been around for years, used for retail advertising around the world. The former film product certainly did the job, but newer fabric version offers lower cost, greener solutions, ease of handling, and even greater eye-popping graphics!  Not only that, but now they’re available in colossal sizes, such as eight by forty feet long!

Formerly, all backlit signs were printed on a film called “duratrans.” This film product is processed in traditional photo chemistry. We all know that photo chemicals are not the best product for our environment (nor its byproducts, such as unclaimed silver).  The vulnerable reflective surface of the film itself always invites risk of damage while in transport, therefore requiring lamination or a plexiglass cover for protection. The protective cover is an added step with added cost.  The glossy surface of most duratrans also introduces glare from varying angles of view.  This plex sandwich is indeed a weighty solution, so costs for shipping and handling are naturally higher.

Now enter backlit fabric graphics created with dye sublimation fabric transfer printing and LED lighting. (1)The color saturation and apparent sharpness of the image beat the old duratrans hands down.  You can thank digital technology for that! (2)There are a vast variety of fabrics now available suited to meet the needs of your image.  Different weights, textures, and translucency, along with recycled fabric options are available. (3)Backlit fabric graphics are easilybe slipped into a lightbox by way of a sewn-in silicone edge slipped into a channel. (4)The fabric surface is not reflective, so glare is not longer an issue. (5)The cost of printing fabric versus printing duratrans is appreciably less. (6)Printing fabric with dye sublimation transfer printing is a greener solution because of acqueos-based inks.(7)The new light sources in fabric-lit boxes are not nearly as cumbersome as the daylight flourescent foot long tubes. (No longer the fragile, breakable tubes of yesteryear!) Lightweight, efficient LED bulbs are used to light fabric, and (8) this uses lower power consumption.  (9)Don’t be fooled because these tiny powerhouses will light across an area of eight to ten feet. (10)But best of all, these tiny bulbs last tens of thousands of hours!  (11) And the lightboxes themselves are now available in recycle aluminum.  Remember, the new backlit fabric graphics cost less, weigh less, are easier to handle and provide a big improvement for the eyes and the environment! So what are you waiting for? Give us a call to try out this new improved product @ 1800-829-4562.