Vinyl Printing – Economical or Not?

Vinyl printing has replaced fabric printing from ages, as it has more reliability and life and moreover it is reusable. However, it can be sometime be deceiving and tricky provided a professional is selected to accomplish a job.

Some of the most common forms of vinyl printing are ink jet prints, solvent digital printing and silk screening.

Silk screening requires special ink for print work and silk screen. As printing on silk screen it is difficult to get same job done on Vinyl, as of difference of ink used and procedure. This is also little expensive to do in small quantities, while printing on silk and usually takes more time, which makes it not so feasible.

Ink jet printing used in vinyl printing is referred as digital vertical plotters or flat bed. Its appearance is different as compared to standard desktop printers. However, it is low end printer best suitable for indoor displays as well as small print numbers. The capacity of ink of this printer is very limited and expensive.

The best form of getting Vinyl printing done is on solvent printing. The tool used is very much similar to plotter, yet it is durable and climate proof solvent as ink for printing. It has lower turn around that makes it more preferred for office stationary printing or by professionals.

Various types of Vinyl Printing –

- Vinyl lettered banners,

- Digital printed banners,

- Screen printed banners

Digital printed banners are based on water ink that also get referred as semi solvent for offering better resistance against water, specifically moisture, vapor and humidity. The rain is not the matter of concern. Few rapid plotters can print approximately 16000sq.ft in an hour. This most specialized device for printing are manufactured by brands like canon, Xerox, Jetta, Hp, Kodak and many more.

Vinyl lattered banners are manufactured by pasting cut off vinyl letters with the help of computer driven tool referred as vinyl cutter and later onto vinyl screen, where screen printing various colors are putted down by using stencil. Hand printed letters and graphics procedure is now supreme.

Overwhelmingly, the cost effective, most reliable, quantity catering and quality based procedure is digital solvent printing.