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Wraps on the Floor At the upcoming ISA Expo, held at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, March 27-29, several media manufacturers will showcase products essential to vehicle wrap business. Arlon, Inc. At booth 1636, Arlon features its DPF 6000X, a 2-mil gloss white cast film with bubble releasing, tinted, positionable, and permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive. The X-scape system allows installers to achieve speedy installation while maintaining high enough tack to ensure a long-term bond. The adhesive system is designed to provide excellent opacity, as well as easy installation. The film provides superior conformability around rivets, curves, and contours. DPF 6000X is rated for outdoor durability up to seven years—unprinted. Avery Graphics Easy Apply RS technology vehicle wrap and digital overlaminate products are featured at booth 1214. The EZ RS product line includes two cast films with satin or gloss finish and a calendered film with matte finish—all optimized for digital printing— in addition to an opaque wrapping film in six colors. Avery Graphics digital overlaminates come in a wide range of finishes and sizes to meet a variety of application needs. DOL 1030, the newest, a 1.3 mil, ultra-conformable, cast overlaminate with gloss finish and four-year durability is perfect for vehicle and truck wraps. DOL 1000—gloss finish and 1100—matte finish are 2.1 mil, conformable, cast overlaminates with a five-year durability. FELLERS, Inc. Highlighted at booth 2580 is FELLERS, Inc.’s The Bad Wrap software, which allows designers to save hours of preparation on vehicle wraps by using real photographic templates of the most commonly wrapped vehicles. The Bad Wrap system has over 300 templates using actual vehicle photographs, not line drawings. Each vehicle is hand measured and accurately scaled by vehicle wrap designers to be accurate within 1/4-inch. All templates include actual measurements in PDF documents for quick reference. The Bad Wrap design software allows a typical sign shop to pay for its cost in about three wraps with the amount of time saved. The easy-to-use program is the only design system that allows you to drag and drop graphic elements right onto the template for design in Adobe PhotoShop. In fact, an entry-level graphic designer with basic PhotoShop skills can design a full wrap in about an hour. Excess materials are saved with the ability to preview the layout before printing. Bad Wrap templates are three-dimensional, allowing designers to give their customers a realistic proof and make necessary changes on the spot. The Bad Wrap software Vehicle courtesy of MACtac Graphic Products, wrapped in MACtac Permacolor Matte RAYZor Overlaminating Film. system is distributed exclusively through FELLERS. KAPCO Graphic Products Out of the many products KAPCO shows at booth 141 is its new PSA 6-mil matte and gloss white vinyls. This solvent media is easier to apply than thinner vinyls and coated with permanent, removable, or ultra removable adhesives. The vinyl offers the same qualities as the company’s 3.2 and 3.5-mil vinyls, such as no glare matte white and vibrant gloss white finishes. The ultra removable adhered vinyls can be applied to most surfaces including walls and windows. They are great for flat and slightly curved surfaces and are available in 54-inch by 100-feet. LG Chem LG Chem’s VIZUON AiRFREE products are easier than ever to reposition and apply, while still providing the superior printability that the films have become famous for. AiRFREE products are available in cast and calendered films to meet your longterm and shorter-term needs. See them at booth 972. MACtac Graphic Products At booth 2162, MACtac Graphic Products showcases the latest addition to its IMAGin series—IMAGin B-Free Pro digital vinyl. The 2.1-mil IMAGin B-Free Pro vinyl features a robust, high tack adhesive with an immediate high bond, making it ideal for experienced installers who demand fast turnaround time and are used to working with a more aggressive adhesive in vehicle, fleet, and marine applications. With an outdoor durability of ten years, IMAGin B-Free Pro sports a 2.1-mil high gloss, ultra white facestock for excellent color reproduction paired with a permanent opaque acrylic adhesive to prevent vehicle paint from causing graphic color sift. When paired with MACtac Permacolor RAYZor laminates, IMAGin BFree Pro is included in MACtac’s Open-Image Warranty Program. Also shown is the new Permacolor Matte RAYZor Overlaminating Film (LF3630). It is a 1.5-mil matte cast laminate designed for application on complex curves and corrugations. The thin, 1.5mil laminate also simplifies installation on flat, curved, corrugated, or riveted surfaces. For ease-of-use and durability—five years outdoors, Permacolor Matte RAYZor features an smooth polyester release liner that supports a permanent, clear acrylic adhesive with built-in UV protection, helping graphics resist wear and color fade. Media One Media One recently launched its first aqueous-based vehicle graphics vinyl with air release, which will be on display at ISA. Until now, the rapidly growing vehicle graphics market was only possible for solvent-based graphic manufacturers. Media One’s Fast wrap is a 2-mil cast vinyl with air release adhesive coated for aqueous-based inkjet printers, when used with Media One’s Fast wrap 2-mil cast over laminating film you get a three year warranty. Oracal USA 1547 Showcased at booth 1547 is Oracal USA’s ORAGUARD Series 293 Ultraflexible Cast PVC Laminating Film. The thinness and extra flexibility of ORAGUARD Series 293 makes it an ideal choice for vehicle wrapping and other demanding applications. Although the film is compatible with all ORAJET wrapping films, it is best suited for enhancing conformability when used with ORAJET Series 3551 and ORAJET Series 3551RA, as well as ORALITE Series 5600 Printable, Conformable Reflective Film. ORAJET Series 293 is offered in 164-foot rolls and in 30-inch, 36-inch, 40-inch, 54-inch, and 60-inch widths. It is available in both gloss and matte finishes, and provides eight years of outdoor durability and four years of added UV protection for printed images. Additionally, on display is ORAJET Series 3628 Movable Wall & Window Graphics Inkjet Media. It is a white matte 3-mil PVC face film and a special low-tack adhesive that enables the printed graphic to be moved and reapplied many times after initial application. ORAJET Series 3628 provides three-years of indoor durability and is compatible with today’s popular eco-solvent, solvent, UV-curable, and grand format inkjet printers. It is recommended for use on interior walls and windows and is compatible with ORAGUARD Series 200 and Series 210 laminating films. ORAJET Series 3628 is available in 164-foot rolls and in 30-inch, 54-inch, and 60-inch widths. L to R: Vehicle courtesy of Arlon, Inc., wrapped in DPF 6000X; Screenshot of FELLERS, Inc. The Bad Wrap Software; Vehicle wrapped by Road Rage Designs, IL in Avery MPI 1007 EZ RS with DOL 100 overlaminate; Vehicle courtesy of LG Chem, wrapped in VIZUON AiRFREE; Oracal USA’s ORAGUARD Series 293. 32 Digital Output March 2008 www.digitaloutput.net http://www.digitaloutput.net

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