Banner & Sign Guides

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How Polystyrene Signs Work and When Styrene Beats PVC

What polystyrene signs are, how solid styrene sheet differs from PVC, foam core and coroplast, where the thin board wins, and when to order thicker.

Tobias Reed

Pop Up Step and Repeat Backdrops That Travel in One Case

A pop up step and repeat is an accordion frame plus a printed skin, with frame widths, why the print runs past the wall, logo pitch and fabric vs vinyl.

Tobias Reed

Printed Poster Board Explained, From Foam Core to Coroplast

Printed poster board is a graphic mounted on or printed onto a rigid panel, with foam core, PVC and coroplast compared on thickness, weather and price.

Tobias Reed

PVC Posters and Why Rigid Board Outlasts Paper

A PVC poster is artwork UV printed straight onto rigid expanded PVC board, what it costs, how it beats paper and foam board outdoors, and how to mount it.

Tobias Reed

Railroad Warning Signs Explained by Type, Placement and Material

What each railroad warning sign means, where it goes on the approach, who may install it, and why reflective aluminum outlasts other sign materials.

Tobias Reed

Real Estate Sign Riders, From 6 by 24 Sizing to How They Hang

Sign rider sizes, materials and mounting explained: why riders run 6 by 24, when aluminum beats coroplast, and how the holes decide if it hangs straight.

Tobias Reed

Realtor Sign Posts Explained and How to Plant One That Stays Straight

Post and panel, H stake or A frame: what each realtor sign post costs, how deep to set it, and the rider and material details that decide which one holds.

Tobias Reed

How Retractable Standing Banners Work and Which Size to Order

How a retractable banner works inside its spring cassette, the sizes that fit a booth, the three inches of print you never see, and where it fails.

Tobias Reed

Workplace Safety Signs That Match the Hazard and Survive the Floor

The five ANSI signal words, the color each one must use, and which substrate to print on for outdoor, indoor, floor and temporary workplace safety signs.

Tobias Reed

How Scrim Banners Are Built and Which Weight Survives Outdoors

What scrim vinyl banners are made of, what 10 oz, 13 oz and 18 oz stock survives outdoors, and when mesh, fabric or a retractable stand is the better call.

Tobias Reed

Sign Stores vs Online Sign Printing Compared on Price, Speed and Options

What a local sign store sells that an online press cannot, where online sign printing wins on price and turnaround, and which jobs belong to each route.

Tobias Reed

Small Banner Sizes and Where Each One Works

Small banner sizes from 24 by 36 inches to 3 by 8 feet, the headline height each one carries, the distance it reads from, and where each size belongs.

Tobias Reed