- 3M Scotchprint Wrap Film Series 1080: Brushed Black Metallic
- 3M Vehicle Wrapping Film Spreads Word for Richard Parks? 737 Challenge
- 3M Commercial Graphics Announces Winner of “Wrap Battle: 1080”
- 3M Introduces an Economy Line of Inkjet Films
- MACtac Launches Eco-Friendly IMAGin Verde Digital Print Media and Permacolor Verde Overlaminates
- MACtac?s IMAGin ROODLE Lets You Print Borderless Vinyl Wall Graphics
- MACtac Rolls Out MACmark Tuning Films
Archive for the 'Vinyl Education/Training' Category
Looking for a quick primer on how to make a vinyl banner? There’s some fast and dirty instructions at Binkboy’s site. Click here to see the words and pictures that describe the trade.
When the Discovery Channel wanted to celebrate the 20 anniversary of Shark Week in a big way, they called on EMR Graphics to help them promote their annual TV event.
You can read about Eric Rosencrantz, CEO of EMR Graphics, and his adventure wrapping a building in this Wide-Format Imaging article. It’s worth a look!
For more detailed information on how to wrap buildings, check out our e-book, Megawraps!
Expand your digital capabilities and sales potential with vehicle wrapping. This workshop, put on by the vehicle wrap experts at Digital EFX Wraps (Louisville, Kentucky), is a largely hands-on workshop. You’ll be paired with other attendees and in charge of applying and removing several vinyl graphics on the doors, hood and rear of a vehicle.Your instructors will give you inside tips on the best ways to prepare a vehicle for a wrap application (for example, taking off removable parts such as windshield wipers).
In between your hands-on time, you’ll learn the critical steps to maximize your sales pitch to the customer without wasting unnecessary time. That instruction includes:
- Marketing vehicle wraps and transit advertising
- Pricing a vehicle wrap job
- Setting up an image file/customer preview on the job
The registration fee is $900. If that is too steep for you, check out our e-books. You can buy the whole lot for less than that. But if hands-on instruction is in your travel budget, then click here to learn about more details about the SGIA show.
Whether you are an entrepreneur who is taking on the digital market or adding new hires to your digital operation, SGIAs workshop will shed some light on the best practices for wide-format digital printing. Get out of the digital dark and actively participate in producing high-quality digital products. The SGIA’s two-day, hands-on workshop, led by SGIA Digital Specialist Jeff Burton, will cover current digital technologies, ink chemistries, printer manufacturers, and media choices.
February 25, 2008 — February 26, 2008 in Fairfax, Va.
Contact Pam Bettis at pam@sgia.org or call 703-359-1376 or visit www.sgia.org for more information.
Prints In Motion is a multi-city training tour designed to educate commercial printers and sign shops on the use of solvent printing and vehicle wrap services to help grow their businesses.
In a rare open forum, New Vision is bringing together industry leaders HP, 3M, GBC, Summa, and Onyx to provide a unique learning opportunity for the signage and commercial printing markets. Experts including nationally-certified 3M installers and HP Certified Solvent Technicians will be on hand to provide an introduction to solvent printing and vehicle wrap application techniques.
Click here to learn more about this exciting opportunity coming to a city near you!
Military Wraps has selected MACtac as the sole digital vinyl supplier for new camouflage technology designed specifically for the United States military. Combining a vinyl-adhesive process with photographic digital detailing, the camouflage technologies, known as Photo-Stealth and Photo-Real, improve the process of painted-on concealment currently employed by the U.S. military.
MACtac’s patent-pending process marks a new stage in military concealment, with the camouflage vinyl matching terrains so vividly that vehicles, weapons and equipment blend into the surrounding battlefield environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Avery Dennison’s Graphics & Reflective Products Division is busy putting together vehicle wrapping seminars. Avery is partnering with its distributors nationwide to hold the official Avery Graphics Easy Apply Vehicle Wrap Seminars.
“Vehicle wrapping is growing by leaps and bounds. The industry started with corporations wrapping their fleets and trucks. Today, consumers are having graphics created and installed on their vehicles to reflect their personal styles,” says Joel Ross, Marketing Communications Manager at Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division.
“We partnered with our distributors and professional installers to offer printers and sign shops an opportunity to learn the tips and tricks of wrap installation from the experts,” he continues.
Professional installers from two of the countries’ premier vehicle wrap companies, SkinzWraps and A.P.E.Wraps.com, will demonstrate how to apply Avery Graphics Easy Apply RS Film and provide hands-on instruction to attendees. Distributors invite their customers from digital printers, sign shops and restylers to attend the one-day vehicle wrap seminars.
Attendees receive a free sample roll of Avery Graphics MPI 1005 EZ RS and DOL 1000 in addition to application tools and valuable coupons for first-purchase discounts. The fee for the one-day seminar is usually $199.
For more information, printers can contact their Avery Dennison sales associate, local distributor or the AnswerLine at 800-443-9380. Information on Avery Graphics products is also available online at www.averygraphics.com.
