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Like: West Coast Signage

Acrylic Signs by West Coast Signage
Customers really Like these super-colorful acrylic signs by West Coast Signage printed on LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene and applied to the back of the acrylic with an optically clear adhesive.

David Druckerman and Mark Lawrence have each been in the sign industry for more than 30 years. Old-timers, you might say, but using the new-fangled ways of doing things to get things done.

Banners by West Coast Signage
West Coast Signage has had great success with LexJet TOUGHcoat Blockout Scrim Banner, another customer favorite.

Case in point: social media, like Facebook and LinkedIn, which have been beneficial in more ways than just spreading the word.

About two years ago, the two long-time sign industry veterans partnered on a new venture, West Coast Signage, based in Woodland Hills, Calif. Since then, the company has seen steady growth and diversification.

“Whenever we do something nice that we’re proud of, we post it on Facebook, LinkedIn and sometimes Google+,” says Druckerman. “We think that keeping our social media updated has helped drive some business our way.”

Architectural Renderings by West Coast Signage
West Coast Signage prints posters and produces other signage for Lexus, such as this architectural rendering on LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene.

Liking Facebook, or more specifically, Liking LexJet’s new interactive catalog, brought a $500 LexJet Gift Card to West Coast Signage: they Liked and were drawn as the winner of the Facebook promotion.

West Coast Signage’s specialty is architectural signage, but the company recently added wide-format printing to the mix with a Canon iPF8400 from LexJet.

“LexJet had an incredible deal on the Canon, which we’re very pleased with. We were jobbing a lot of stuff out, like banners. We didn’t have the ability to do even a temporary banner, so the Canon printer has helped out a lot,” says Druckerman. “Dave Mayer, who takes care of us at LexJet, has been wonderful in helping us find the right product for whatever project we’re working on.”

Trade Show Prints by West Coast Signage
West Coast Signage has diversified its product offering with wide-format printing, including stellar trade show graphics.

Adding wide-format inkjet printing has allowed West Coast Signage to expand into more promotional and interior applications, like posters and trade show graphics. Druckerman says that LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene has been a versatile, multi-application material.

“We use the polypropylene and an optically-clear adhesive to make full-color, second-surface acrylic signs. It’s been a popular product for interior signage, whether it’s some type of promotional graphic or a photograph,” says Druckerman.

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Dew the Graphics

 

Dew Downtown Flagstaff Signs
One of hundreds of signs and banners produced by the P.O.P. shop at Nackard Companies for Dew Downtown Flagstaff hangs in front of the main event.

Dew Downtown Flagstaff is gaining momentum, thanks in no small part to the work of Nackard Companies, a regional beverage distributor based in Flagstaff. Nackard Companies and its P.O.P. shop crank out hundreds of banners, signs and displays to brand the event while it’s in full swing and to promote it beforehand.

Dew Downtown Flagstaff BannersNow in its third year, the annual ski and snowboard festival is based around a slopestyle course on San Francisco Street in downtown Flagstaff.

As the event has grown, so has the number of tents and activities that surround the course. So, of course, the number of graphics required for the event has grown. Steve Lalio, P.O.P. shop manager for Nackard Companies estimates that they printed about three times more banners and signs for this year’s event than they did for the event’s inaugural in 2012.

Dew Downtown Flagstaff Fabric Banners
These banners leading into the slopestyle course at Dew Downtown Flagstaff were printed on LexJet Poly Select Heavy fabric.

“We printed about 40 banners just in one day. The event has really gotten a lot bigger in three years. There were about 20,000 people at the even this year; even my cousins came up from Albuquerque to see it,” says Lalio.

Dew Downtown took place the weekend of Feb. 8-9. Mild weather leading up to the event meant that most of the snow was man-made, though it snowed a few inches during setup the day before.

Dew Downtown Flagstaff Medals
Nackard Companies even provided the medals, which were printed on LexJet Extreme AquaVinyl. The backdrop was printed on LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Self Adhesive Polypropylene and applied to Coroplast.

Most of the signage was printed on LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Polypropylene, laminated with LexJet 3 Mil Luster UV Standard Low Melt. Graphics applied to metal and Coroplast were printed on LexJet TOUGHcoat Water-Resistant Self Adhesive Polypropylene. A smattering of other banners and flags were printed on LexJet Poly Select Heavy Fabric, and all the graphics were printed with a Canon iPF8000S inkjet printer.

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Re-Stock and Re-Stick: LexJet Print-N-Stick Fabric Now in Stock

LexJet Print-N-Stick Fabric
Wall graphics printed on LexJet Print-N-Stick Fabric by Coca-Cola Bottling Co. High Country for the Rushmore Civic Center, Rapid City, S.D.

LexJet’s new Print-N-Stick Fabric gives you the best of both worlds: true photo-quality printing on an easy-to-apply, repositionable and removable adhesive-backed fabric. That’s why it sold out almost immediately.

Print-N-Stick is now back in stock and available through LexJet’s North American Delivery Network.

If you’d like to request a free printed sample to see all the qualities that make Print-N-Stick a must-have inkjet material for print production, click here.

The reason for the repositionable adhesive-backed fabric’s popularity boils down to ease of printing, application and removal, plus the unprecedented imaging quality you get from the bright-white print surface. But don’t take our word for it. Here’s just some of the feedback we’ve received since the product was initially launched this summer…

“It’s very easy to use; it doesn’t stick together when you take the backing off of it and doesn’t stretch when you peel it off the substrate to realign it. You can apply it to a surface and it won’t take the texture off the wall or leave a sticky residue behind.”

Amanda Hill, graphics manager, Odom Corporation

“Print-N-Stick really pops; the saturation and image quality is really crisp.”

Sarah Hoefert, visual imaging specialist, Rudinec & Associates

“I really like the image quality we’re getting from the Print-N-Stick Fabric; it actually prints better than most of the adhesive-backed materials we use, including vinyl.

John Fritz, production manager, Canyon Distributing

To find out more about LexJet Print-N-Stick Fabric, check out the product page for sizes, pricing and other specifications. Give us a call at 800-453-9538 for more information and to order.

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Show off Your Best Work in SGIA’s Golden Image Awards Competition

SGIA Golden Image AwardsThere’s a lot to be said for winning an award for your work, particularly in an international competition. It’s great for PR and lends additional credibility when you give a pitch to prospects.

Therefore, it would be wise to consider entering SGIA’s Golden Image Awards, especially if you used LexJet products to achieve your masterpiece (hint). There are lots of chances to be recognized with about 50 categories available in which to enter.

Many of the categories are specific to screen printing, but many of them include digital inkjet applications, like Transit Advertising, Vehicle Wraps, Wallpaper, Posters, Plastic Products, Fine Art, Carpets/Rugs, Banners, Back-lighted Signs/Displays, and even Greeting Cards.

The deadline for entries is Oct. 11, and all submissions will be displayed in the Golden Image Gallery at the SGIA Expo in Orlando, Oct. 23-25. According to SGIA, winners gain international acclaim and every entrant is considered for the Best of Show (digital and screen printing categories) and Best in Creativity (digital printing).

Judges, who were chosen based on their technical skills, experience and knowledge in the categories, will evaluate the contenders on specific criteria, including: image definition, job complexity, registration and overall impression.

“This is a great opportunity for companies to compete against the best in the specialty imaging community and display their work to thousands of Expo attendees,” says Johnny Shell, SGIA’s vice president of technical services.

The Golden Image Awards are open only to SGIA printer members, who get one free entry; each additional entry is $30.

For more information, and to enter and manage your entries, click here.

For a list of categories, click here.

For competition entry rules, click here.

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LexJet Introduces New Repositionable and Removable Adhesive-Backed Fabric

Print-N-Stick Fabric from LexJetLexJet’s new Print-N-Stick Fabric™ brings true photographic-quality printing to an inkjet fabric material that’s also backed with a repositionable and removable adhesive.

The new product is a combination of LexJet’s popular Water-Resistant Satin Cloth and a proprietary adhesive system that allows users to easily apply, reposition, remove and re-use graphics on virtually any flat surface without leaving any residue behind.

“Printing has been a cinch. I fed it right into the printer and didn’t have to make any changes to the suction to feed it in,” says Jack Ansley, owner of John H. Ansley Studio, Devon, Pa. “It has a very nice white surface, which produced rich blacks and great image quality for a project I recently printed applied to a concrete wall. I was amazed at how easy it is to apply and reposition without any bubbling.”

Print-N-Stick ApplicationAnsley adds that he’s applied one panel of the multi-panel project, pictured here, which is scheduled to be completed over the next couple of weeks.

The water-resistant fabric is also easy to finish; it won’t rip, wrinkle or stretch during production or installation and can be cut into any shape without fraying or tearing. Compatible with aqueous and latex inks, LexJet Print-N-Stick Fabric has a 110⁰ white point and allows higher ink saturation for deeper, sharper colors than most inkjet fabrics.

LexJet Print-N-Stick Fabric is ideal for wall murals and cut-out wall graphics, point-of-purchase displays, decals, window graphics, signs and more. It is available and shipping from LexJet’s Nationwide Distribution Network in 24″, 36″, 42″ and 60″ wide x 100′ roll lengths (LexJet also offers a 24″ x 20′ test roll).

For more information and to order, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538.

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LexJet Outdoor Aqueous Inkjet Media: Buy 3 Rolls, Get Another Free

Buy 3 rolls of LexJet outdoor aqueous inkjet media and get another freeFrom now until May 31, order four rolls of any of the LexJet outdoor aqueous inkjet media listed below and get the lowest-cost roll free. Or, put another way, buy three rolls and you’ll get another one free (the lowest-cost of the four).

All of these solutions feature a bright-white base that provides higher ink saturation for vibrant colors with additional scratch and weather resistance for producing photo-quality outdoor and indoor graphics…

For more information about this limited Buy 3 Get 1 Free promotion, as well as help finding the right product for the project, contact a LexJet customer specialist at 800-453-9538. This offer is not available online and is only good when you call in. Some restrictions apply.