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TT Tiki Trav Tiki Socialite NSW Central Coast, Australia Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 640	TT Tiki Trav Posted posted on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 5:15 PM Generally, printing directly to your acrylic will be more expensive as the printer (machine) required (Large Format Flatbed) costs about double to buy so the equipment cost is passed down to the customer, also if they f*#k up the print (which happens a lot) they have to cover the cost of more acrylic sheet. I have made 1000's of signs including backlit and never printed directly to the subsrate. Also might be worth checking sign shops for surplus/un-paid for lightboxes, they can easily modify one to your size if they have one that's close. just a lil FYI Cheers Tiki Trav

Generally, printing directly to your acrylic will be more expensive as the printer (machine) required (Large Format Flatbed) costs about double to buy so the equipment cost is passed down to the customer, also if they f*#k up the print (which happens a lot) they have to cover the cost of more acrylic sheet. I have made 1000's of signs including backlit and never printed directly to the subsrate.

Also might be worth checking sign shops for surplus/un-paid for lightboxes, they can easily modify one to your size if they have one that's close.

just a lil FYI
Cheers
Tiki Trav

Post #404551 by Tiki Trav on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 5:15 PM