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Promoting Tourism with Inkjet Prints in Retractable Banner Stands

Promotional Banners by Grizzly Creek Gallery

Award-winning photographer Gary Haines, owner of Grizzly Creek Gallery, also has an eye for design and printed pieces that catch the eyes of passersby.

Banner Stand GraphicsThe historic Colorado mountain mining town in which Grizzly Creek Gallery is located, Georgetown, recently needed banners for a booth the town was setting up at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver to promote tourism.

The answer was the combination of outstanding photography, design and print services that Haines offers. In this case Haines created two 36″ x 84″ banners and one 39 1/4″ x 83″ banner.

Haines used a larger photo for the background and then laid out smaller photos on top of the background, created in Photoshop. All the photos but one are from Haines’ portfolio of local Georgetown color.

The smaller photos were completed with drop shadows and bevels to give the banners a three-dimensional quality and bring more attention to the message: that Georgetown is a great place to visit for a variety of reasons.

Banner Stand GraphicsThe banners were printed on LexJet 5.5 Mil Matte Opaque Display Film with an Epson Stylus Pro 9900 inkjet printer. Haines used two LexJet Giant Mosquito Retractable Banner Stands (the 36″ x 84″ banners) and a LexJet Orient Retractable Banner Stand.

“The colors turned out great on the Display Film. Each banner and stand comes with its own carrying case and you can re-use them and swap out banners very easily, so the entire package creates a really nice and easy-to-use display for my clients,” says Haines.

Posted on by Sean McGettigan Posted in Tips & Tricks
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How-To Videos: Banner Stand Setup is a Breeze with Expand Banner Stands

Expand Banner Stands are extremely easy to use when both installing a graphic and setting a stand up for display. Two of those stands are the XStand and the MediaScreen.

How to set up an Expand banner standExpand Banner Stands come with a lifetime warranty and all but the MediaScreen 2 Outdoor are certified by Expand for use with LexJet 5.5 Mil Matte Opaque Display Film for aqueous printers and LexJet Satin Light Block Polyester (7 Mil or 9 Mil) for solvent, low solvent, UV curable and latex printers. For more information about Expand Banner Stands at LexJet, click here.

The XStand is a lightweight option that sets up almost effortlessly. The only extra labor required prior to installing the graphic is to attach graphic plates to the four corners on the back of the finished graphic. When installing the graphic, you simply attach each corner of the graphic to one of the four arms and use the fifth arm to support the stand and adjust the display angle.

The MediaScreen is a user-friendly retractable display. Installing the graphic into the cassette is easy. Attaching the top of the graphic to the graphic rail is even easier since the rail clamps down on the graphic.

Setting up the stand for display is as simple as unfolding the foot, inserting the telescopic pole into the foot, and then lifting up the graphic and attaching it to the support pole. The telescopic support pole can then be adjusted to heights between 63″ and 88 5/8″.

The videos embedded below in the order shown include:

  • XStand Demonstration
  • MediaScreen Demonstration

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Buy an Expand Banner Stand, Get 25% off a Roll of Expand Certified Media

Banner stand display inkjet printingHot on the heels of the announcement that LexJet and Expand International have partnered to provide Expand’s line of banner stands – most of which come with a lifetime warranty – you’ll get 25 percent off a roll of LexJet media certified for the banner stands when you buy an Expand banner stand.

Qualifying certified media includes LexJet 5.5 Mil Matte Opaque Display Film for aqueous printers and LexJet Satin Light Block Polyester (7 Mil) and LexJet Satin Light Block Polyester (9 Mil).

LexJet 5.5 Mil Matte Opaque Display Film is a scratch-resistant polyester film that’s 100 percent opaque, ensuring a clean, durable image that won’t be overwhelmed by light streaming through the back of it and revealing the hardware behind the image. If you choose this Expand certified media and buy a LexJet Elite laminate to go with it, you’ll get 30 percent off the laminate as well.

LexJet Satin Light Block Polyester, 7 Mil and 9 Mil, doesn’t require lamination and is also a 100-percent opaque polyester film that can be used with solvent, low solvent, UV-curable and latex inks.

Expand banner stands you can choose from include:

  • Expand MediaScreen 1: Retractable display with an adjustable telescopic pole
  • Expand MediaScreen 2 Indoor: Two retractable banner stands in one with a clamping profile so the pole doesn’t protrude above the image
  • Expand MediaScreen 2 Outdoor: Double-sided display with support feet, a resilient support pole for added stability and made with weather-resistant materials
  • Expand MediaScreen XL: Patented magnetic connectors allow users to easily link two or more displays
  • Expand MediaScreen 4: A great choice for users who need to change the image frequently
  • Expand QuickScreen 1: The standard for retractable banner stands features a compact shape and timeless design for almost any environment
  • Expand QuickScreen 3:  The patented removable cassette allows users to easily change graphics in the field
  • Expand BannerStand: Non-retractable lightweight display with a slim design in 17 different sizes
  • Expand SmartStand: It has a telescopic pole that makes it easy to change the height and adapt the image to suit specific needs
  • Expand XStand: Functional and cost effective marketing display that’s lightweight and easy to assemble

To take advantage of this offer, which is good through April 30, contact a LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538.

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Banner Stands with a Lifetime Warranty: LexJet Now Offers Expand Banner Stands

Banner stands display graphicsLexJet has teamed up with Expand International of America to provide its customers with high-quality portable banner stands that enhance displays for a professional, subtle and sleek look in a variety of applications. All but one of the banner stands from Expand being offered by LexJet come with a lifetime warranty.

Expand has certified all the banner stands, excepting the MediaScreen 2 Outdoor, for the following LexJet inkjet media:

“In the some 12 years that I have been setting up companies to resell Expand displays, the question always comes up: ‘What do you recommend as media to print on?’ For years we had no answer,” explains Don Johnson, National Account Manager for Expand International of America Inc. “That’s why I am excited about working with LexJet. Now we can offer our printers a reliable source of solvent and aqueous media that has been proven in our hardware. They work and are a real value. That is what people want.”

The feeling is mutual, according to LexJet’s product manager Dione Metnick. “The Expand line of banner stands gives our customers a top-of-the-line choice to combine with LexJet’s media for the discerning end user – an end user who understands that for a slightly higher price in the short term they’ll save money over the long haul, especially with the lifetime warranty that comes with the banner stands,” says Metnick.

The following Expand banner stands are now available and shipping:

  • Expand MediaScreen 1: Retractable display with an adjustable telescopic pole
  • Expand MediaScreen 2 Indoor: Two retractable banner stands in one with a clamping profile so the pole doesn’t protrude above the image
  • Expand MediaScreen 2 Outdoor: Double-sided display with support feet, a resilient support pole for added stability and made with weather-resistant materials
  • Expand MediaScreen XL: Patented magnetic connectors allow users to easily link two or more displays
  • Expand MediaScreen 4: A great choice for users who need to change the image frequently
  • Expand QuickScreen 1: The standard for retractable banner stands features a compact shape and timeless design for almost any environment
  • Expand QuickScreen 3:  The patented removable cassette allows users to easily change graphics in the field
  • Expand BannerStand: Non-retractable lightweight display with a slim design in 17 different sizes
  • Expand SmartStand: It has a telescopic pole that makes it easy to change the height and adapt the image to suit specific needs
  • Expand XStand: Functional and cost effective marketing display that’s lightweight and easy to assemble

“We love the Expand banner stands because the hardware is ten times better than anything else out there. Expand has always been great if we’ve had any issues with the banner stands, which we rarely ever do,” says Carrie Dubbelde of FASTSIGNS, Roseville, Minn. “We have a group of customers who only want the Expand banner stands because they understand the value they bring from a cost standpoint over time and the impact they make for them at a trade show, special event or other display application.”