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Banners by Perth Graphics Centre

What are banners?

Banners are lightweight, temporary signs made from durable woven PVC which can be rolled up and stored. Vinyl banners are used where short-term, high-impact signage is required. Because banners are light in weight, your signage can be removed easily and can be reused when required.

What sort of weight is a banner?

Most of the time we use a 450gsm material, but in some case we can go up to a 600gsm material. Bear in mind, though, that this is a good deal heavier when going up to a larger size. For example, at 5m x 2m, the banner is three kilograms heavier.

Think about a 3kg exercise weight and that’s now flapping in the breeze. It needs more substantial fixings and stronger anchoring.

How do you print your banners?

With the advent of digital printing, banners don’t have to be (and are rarely) screen-printed anymore. These days, the inks which are used to print the banners come in three forms:

UV-curable
Solvent-based
Latex (Water based)

There are various considerations for using each style of printing, such as speed, colour reproduction and drying time.

Here at Perth Graphics Centre, we have opted for both UV curable and latex technology to ensure your banners have the best colour and last the longest, as well as ensuring quick turnaround.

With large format printers in-house, and no outsourcing, we have complete control over your whole banner job.

How big can a banner be?

Really, any size. Starting with a small 600mm x 900mm banner, we can then go up to the side of a building, with 20m x 5m possible in some locations. In other locations you can go bigger again. It all comes down to what you need to advertise and your budget.

Banners are much more than getting a simple message across, like “Now Open!”. Banners are now also used for many other applications such as indoor display work and general signage. They can use sailtrack edging to create huge signs in one piece, which can’t be done using metal. Banners can be altered to suit awnings, can be placed on fences, and much more.

How do I put up my banner?

Most of our banners come with ropes and eyelets, so if you have a fence or star pickets, you simply feed the rope through a hole in the star picket, back through the eyelet and then tie it off.

We mentioned sailtrack edging before – this is for larger advertising banners. The edge slides into the aluminium track and then the track is pulled tight like a drum. This gives you a large, flat area which is easy to change when you want to.

Of course, we’re happy to give you some guidance as to the best way to install, or you can get us to install them for you. Just ask us to quote for installation.

If it’s banners you want, then the best place to get them is Perth Graphics Centre. Ask us how our banners can help your business. Please head to our contact page to send us an email or phone us on 9248 6226.

To see some examples of banners created by Perth Graphics Centre, please click on any of the articles below.