Monthly Archives: October 2018

Digital Printing, Large Format Printing, Sign Business, Sign Design, Substrates

Combating Static On Styrene Faced Sign Substrates

Posted on by Wade Sisco
Combat Substrate Static with Styrene Faced Sign Making Materials
26
Oct

Signmakers Wage War On Substrate Static An ongoing war is waged daily between large format printers and substrate static electricity generated by styrene faced sign materials. We have witnessed battle scars ranging from edge overspray to ghosting lines in prints caused by static fields misdirecting ink droplets as they leave the printhead and travel to […]

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Commercial Signage, Digital Printing, Large Format Printing, Retail Signage, Sign Business, Sign Design, Substrates

UV Degradation and Yellowing Sign Substrates

Posted on by Wade Sisco
yellow-sign-substrates
03
Oct

What is UV Degradation? UV degradation can be a primary factor in signs substrates yellowing over time. The simulation shown easily demonstrates how other styrene facers can quickly degrade and yellow simply from exposure to interior lighting. UV degradation occurs due to oxidation of polymers within the plastics that make up sign substrates. Substrate yellowing […]

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