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Year End Sale for the New Year on LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene

Printing promotions, posters and banners with polypropyleneStock up on LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene for the New Year and beyond with a great year-end sale: Save 50 percent when you buy a 36″ x 200′ roll of TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene, and there’s no limit on the amount of rolls you can buy.

LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene is compatible will all aqueous printers and is perfect for short term banners, tear- and water-resistant posters, backlits and banner stands. The 8-mil polypropylene film provides a wide color gamut for all types of quality photographic and graphics reproduction.

“Water-Resistant Polypropylene from LexJet prints nicely, it’s scratch-resistant, easy to work with and quite economical,” says professional photographer David Ziser, who prints hanging display banners for special events and promotions.

This year-end 50% off promotion is good until Dec. 31 or while supplies last. All orders come with LexJet’s $9.99 flat rate shipping from its nationwide network of distribution centers for quick delivery. For more information, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538.

And, to find out more about LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene, check out the product video below…

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Vote for Your Favorite (LexJet) Products in the Readers’ Choice Top Product Awards

Vote for the top products in the graphics industryWide-Format Imaging magazine announced today that readers and subscribers to the magazine can vote for the Readers’ Choice Top Product Awards, starting tomorrow (a.k.a., Dec. 14) through Jan. 27, 2012.

Go to http://2012topproducts.questionpro.com vote for the products that have caused the most excitement in the industry and have been a valuable asset to wide-format print service providers’ (PSPs) businesses over the last year. Hint: LexJet’s products, which were nominated in the following categories…

From wide-format flatbed printers and wide-format media, to laminating equipment to inks, RIP software and scanners, Wide-Format Imaging’s Top Products Awards will recognize the products that are doing the most for a PSP’s bottom line.

The nominated products were submitted by manufacturers from Nov. 15 through Dec. 12 and then supplemented by products received by the magazine in 2011. Winners will be announced at the International Sign Expo in Orlando, March 22-24, and featured in the March issue of Wide-Format Imaging magazine.

Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in Technology & Products
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On the Inside: LexJet’s New Repositionable 60/40 Film for Window Graphics

There are a lot of good reasons to apply graphics to the inside of a window facing out toward the street … Restrictive, fascistic sign codes, as extra protection from vandalistic passersby and for the ease of a sheltered indoor installation.

Window graphics that are applied on the inside of the windowLexJet’s new FaceMount Perforated Window Grip makes these inside window applications even easier. The 60/40 perforated film (60 percent printable area, 40 percent open area pattern) has a unique low-tack grip adhesive that’s repositionable and easy to remove with little to no residue after it’s removed.

You print to the window grip adhesive, which has an ink-receptive coating, and apply the graphic to the inside of the window with the adhesive and image facing out. The polyester liner ensures a smooth application since it helps prevent the film from tunneling and curling during installation.

Once the film is applied it will stick to the glass for up to a year. The 60/40 perforation pattern provides image quality and clarity when viewed from the outside and is see-through from the inside looking out.

LexJet FaceMount Perforated Window Grip is designed only for use with low-solvent and solvent printers and is available in 54″ x 82′ and 27″ x 12′ rolls. For more information and to order, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538.

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Extreme Sale: Price Reduced on LexJet Extreme AquaVinyl While Supplies Last

Printing signs with vinylSave more than 20 percent on LexJet Extreme AquaVinyl w/PSA, engineered for all aqueous printers, including dye and pigmented inks and thermal and piezo printheads.

Take advantage of this special pricing on all widths and roll lengths of Extreme AquaVinyl while supplies last. The 36″ x 40′ roll, for instance, was $181, and is now only $139.

Plus, LexJet Extreme AquaVinyl comes with a one-year warranty against fading, peeling, cracking, bleeding and running when using pigmented (UV) inks. The scratch resistant coating eliminates the need to laminate and is waterproof.

Extreme AquaVinyl can be used for a variety of flat surface applications, such as short-term outdoor signage, long-term indoor graphics, window graphics, special event graphics, and other flat panel advertising.

Jon Otteson, who printed the sign project show here on the vinyl, said, “I’ve printed a lot of fine art projects, but this was our first signage project so it was a little nerve-wracking. Fortunately, it worked out very well and we learned a lot along the way. The printer and the material were both perfect, and compared to what we had before the signage is 50 times nicer.”

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High Five: LexJet’s Phoenix Distribution Center Now Shipping

Inkjet product shipment from PhoenixLexJet opened the fifth of five new distribution centers yesterday in Phoenix, bringing one-day ground delivery coverage to 90 percent of the lower 48 states and 98 of the top 100 major metropolitan areas. LexJet customers can receive same-day delivery within 30 to 50 miles of each distribution center, and pick up products at each location.

The Phoenix distribution center is located at:

4625 N. 45th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85031

You can pick up LexJet products at the distribution center until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and receive same-day delivery if you order before noon. Check with a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538 about specific product availability and to find out if you fall within the same-day and one-day coverage areas.

LexJet’s other distribution centers are located in Albany, N.Y.; Birmingham; Charlotte; Cincinnati; Dallas; Denver; Jacksonville, Fla.; Los Angeles; Kansas City; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Portland, Ore.; Reno; and Wilmington, Del. LexJet also ships OEM products from 30 warehouses across the U.S.

For more information about the Phoenix distribution center, LexJet’s state-of-the-art logistics network and Nationwide Delivery System, call 800-453-9538.

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Disaster Recovery: How One Print and Frame Shop is Helping with Joplin’s Recovery

JOPLIN, Mo. – This small Missouri town still looks like a war zone almost two months after an F5 tornado tore a one-mile wide by six-mile long swath of destruction. Recovering from such devastation, if it every really happens at all, is extremely slow and piecemeal.

Tornado damage in Joplin, Mo.According to Chris Knight, who owns Deck the Walls in Joplin, 300 to 400 truckloads of debris are being removed from the town daily. Knight says that only a portion of the debris has been removed so far and the goal is to get it all out by Aug. 7, a tall order indeed.

 “If you thought you saw a war zone on TV doesn’t even come close to what it’s like when you’re actually standing there. There are no landmarks; I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s horrific and heartbreaking,” says Knight.

Though Deck the Walls was spared the brunt of the tornado’s destruction they lost thousands of dollars in framing equipment when a storage shed at the edge of the tornado’s path was reduced to matchsticks.

Still, Deck the Walls decided to do something, anything, to help with the town’s recovery. Despite the financial loss and the inevitable loss of regular business during the recovery, Deck the Walls is in the process of replacing the treasured photographic keepsakes of countless citizens and has printed memorials for many of the more than 150 people lost in the storm. Recovery is not only physical, but emotional, and re-printing lost memories is one way to help heal those wounds.

Re-printing portraits lost in the Joplin, Missouri tornadoWorking in concert with local photographers, Deck the Walls is re-printing the portraits lost in the storm. With donated print materials from LexJet, those photos are slowly but surely being replaced.

“We’re trying to help as much as we can, even in a roundabout way. We got three rolls of Sunset Select Matte Canvas and a roll of Sunset Photo eSatin Paper from LexJet to replace those prints. A gallery wrap canvas doesn’t do much good until they have a place to hang it, but as they rebuild they’ll have they’re portraits back,” says Knight.

If you’re looking for a way to help the residents of Joplin recover from the tornado, here are some resources to check out:

World Vision: Go to www.worldvision.org, call 888-56-CHILD (24453), or give a $10 donation by texting TORNADO to 20222.

United Way: Call 417-624-0153.

Salvation Army: To donate to the The Salvation Army’s efforts, visit www.salvationarmyusa.org and click on the donation page. You can call 1-800-SAL-ARMY and donors can text JOPLIN to 80888 to make a $10 donation. And you can mail a donation to Joplin Tornado Relief: The Salvation Army, 3637 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. 64111.

Facebook: Go to www.facebook.com/joplinmo for updates and other ways to help.