Prepare Vinyl Banner for Printing

Advertising through the written word is as old of an idea as the Ancient Egyptians with their Hieroglyphics and the Ancient Romans with all the writings on building. Whether its on billboards or banners, posters or pamphlets, written and printed advertising is a useful tool in appealing to multiple senses in order to get a point across. And now with the growth of technology and digital design, banner printing and advertising through the written word has climbed to new levels and the experts at ExpertVillage want to help you stay at the forefront of technology.

In this free video series, watch as print maker Doug Downey teaches you how to print vinyl banners digitally. Learn how to prepare the vinyl, how to load and adjust the settings on the printer, how to digitally design the banner, and how to print the banner. Whether it's for a business, a party, or for a protest, digitally designing and printing is a great skill to have. So use these step by step video tutorials to help you get started.

"Hi everyone, I’m Doug Downey on behalf of Expert Village. I’m here today to show you how to digitally print vinyl banners. Today I’m going to show you the vinyl material that is new on the market and that we really like to use for really quick, quick banners that you need to get out today. When you get that customer that calls you in the last minute and one nice thing about this material, it a fourteen ounce material, it’s basically an outdoor quality material for an indoor price. So you know you can, for anniversary banners, birthday banners or trade show banners, its, it’s really nice that you can throw it in the machine, it’s a fourteen ounce material again, and just throw it in the machine and with the grommets in, the heads go over the grommets, no problem and then print off your banner and basically trim between the two grommets which are the patented two grommet system. Then you just cut in-between and ship it out the door and give it to your customer and they’ll be impressed with the speed you can produce this banner."