Environmentally Friendly Banner Printing. Advertising PVC or Vinyl Banners are usually printed using solvent based inks (. In the past these solvent inks have the ability to aggressively attach themselves to the PVC banners to create a durable outdoor product. The problem was that the we not friendly to either works or the environment. A lot of solvent fumes were given off in the PVC banner printing process and had to be vented outdoors. There was also the issue of disposing of the inks in environmentally responsible ways. End users also experienced the smell of the solvent inks while the inks cured over a number of days perhaps not a problem with outdoor PVC banners but an issue for any point of sale display printed products.
After a number of years development the problem has now been solved with the introduction of latex ink printers. HP have pioneered the use of Latex water base inks. The latex inks are pigmented, waterbased inks that produce vivid colours that are outdoor durable and oudourless. One early adapted of this eco friendly method of large format printing is the UK's leading display provider. Discountdisplays . Discountdisplays use the printer to print ofto a wide variety of materials including, self adhesive vinyl, mesh banner, biodegradable banner, textile banners, tyvek, flag metrial, and many types of paper including blue backed poster billboard paper.
