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Sign Media Cabada February 2012 Issue

  • PAGE 20

    Trends in Fabric Graphics

    Using fabrics rather than traditional papers or polyvinyl chloride (PVC), soft signage is now a rapidly growing segment of the wide-format digital printing market.

  • PAGE 24

    How to Wrap a Snowman

    As Ampco Grafix recently learned, designing and installing two-dimensional (2-D) printed graphics on three-dimensional (3-D) figures can pose a number of challenges.

  • PAGE 28

    Developments in LEDs

    While light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are well-known throughout the sign industry today, the market is not yet mature and will continue to provide many new opportunities.

  • PAGE 32

    Billboards and Electrical Safety

    When signs are located too close to utility lines, they can cause safety hazards for installation and service teams. Accidents and near misses are unfortunately common.

  • PAGE 34

    Printing and Cutting: Tools for Increasing Graphic Production

    Digital die-cutting software and hardware are revolutionizing sign shops' finishing departments, preventing them from becoming output production bottlenecks.

  • PAGE 40

    Digital Signage: Reinventing the Tourism Centre

    When developing a new tourism centre for the Montérégie region of Quebec, officials decided to enhance the visitor experience through the deployment of digital signage.

  • PAGE 46

    Wide-format Printing: Creating Special Effects

    Wide-format print shops are using a variety of inks, clears, coatings and additives to help enhance finished graphics and differentiate their products from the competition.

  • PAGE 60

    Wayfinding: Developing Quinte Health Care's New Signs

    An in-depth wayfinding strategy has been developed for Eastern Ontario’s rebranded Belleville General Hospital and three other sites in the same region.

  • PAGE 64

    Wayfinding: A New DAWN for Pearson Airport

    The Digital Advertising and Wayfinding Network (DAWN) at Toronto's Pearson International Airport combines ad-based digital signs with wayfinding touch screens.

And much more...
 
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