Dressed in See-through
3M IJ8150 Optically Clear Film lets us splash full-colour art straight onto glass without blocking the view. Unprinted areas stay near-invisible, so graphics appear to float while daylight pours through. Printed sections glow like modern stained glass, and with layered white ink we can create anything from soft tinting to full privacy. The 2 mil cast vinyl is crystal-clear, bug-resistant and won’t yellow. A low-tack adhesive keeps installs tidy and removes cleanly, and the matching overlam delivers years of scratch and UV protection.
Colour - Part 3 - Workspaces and conversions
How to stop your masterpiece turning into a muddied rainbow at print time. It’s time to look at your design software and how to best prepare files for predictable printing. As discussed in previous articles, the most important thing you can do is assign colour profiles to your work and keep them consistent. If you have multiple linked or placed files in a design, ideally they’re all converted and embedded with the same profile (e.g. US Coated SWOP v2), especially so if they have corporate colours in them.
Colour - Part 2 - Profiles and Gamuts
Colour - Part 2, dives into the relationship between colour modes, colour profiles and how much influence a colour gamut has on the printed output. Here we dive a bit deeper into the technical side of things.
Colour - Part 1 - The Basics
Colour - from your digital file, to physical printed material, here's the ins and outs of our large format digitally printed colours and what you can expect. All correct terminology and jargon has been ignored for Part 1 of this series.
Two and a Half Decades Strong!
From 1999 to 2024, Adgraphix is celebrating its 25th year on a journey that has seen innovation and passion for creating print, sign, and display excellence. Looking back, there is a clear pattern of pushing the envelope and adopting technology to provide cutting-edge solutions. In 1999, our desire was to offer a new approach to large format digital printing. Identifying a gap in the market, with trade backgrounds in sign and print, we designed a service through the eyes of the customer. Our approach was simple yet impactful - solid products, seamless file handling (no small feat at the time), an advanced understanding of colour, product application expertise, all coupled with unprecedented quick turnaround times.
Cover it in Style
Cover Styl is a range of self-adhesive films designed to reimagine a space without the need for extensive renovations. Easily bring a tired space up to date with a fresh look from the catalogue of designs and textures. Upgrading with self-adhesive films is simple, less disruptive, and lower in cost than traditional renovations.
Pantone Without Pantone?
There is a lot of commotion in the graphic design world regarding how Pantone fits into the colour specification picture, now that they have parted existing ways with Adobe. Regardless of which side of the fence you stand on, we can clarify how it affects the work we do for you, and more importantly, how we handle Pantone colours, whether you use the new Pantone Connect swatches or not.
NZ's First L2700 Printer Has Landed
We have installed the first HP Latex 2700 printer in New Zealand. This is the latest printer release from HP in the 3.2m platform. The addition of this printer to our stable brings all our latex printers in line running generation 4 inks.
Text On The Vertical
Which way should text go when running vertically for signage? Downward some would say, that's how many books do it; upward others would say, that's how our eyes naturally track; stacked would also be suggested. Which one should you follow? Well you be the judge because in fact, its is really down to personal opinion and what pleases your eyes.
