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Signage & Advertising
Signage is not one kind of printing. The same shop prints 3 mm acrylic and aluminium composite for an illuminated sign one day and a 40 m² building banner the next. When the material goes from rigid to roll, the machine changes with it: a UV flatbed takes the sheet straight onto the bed, while an eco-solvent roll printer handles banner and vinyl. Treating the two as interchangeable is the most expensive planning mistake a sign shop makes.
The second deciding factor is durability. For anything that stays outdoors, ink, material and lamination are chosen together. UV ink resists scuffing on a rigid face but cracks on deeply formed vinyl; eco-solvent sits well on vinyl but starts to fade after its first summer if left unlaminated. Our approach is to talk about the work before the machine: how many square metres of which material per month, and how many years the job has to survive.
01 — MACHINES
Machines that do this work
5 machines work in this sector. Each row below gives the bed or roll width it runs and the output it holds; go to the machine page for the detail and the quote.
- Maven MF-2513 R8 UV Flatbed Printers Industrial quality on any surface, uninterrupted output every shift 2500 × 1300 mm 50–60 m²/h @4
- Maven MF-1216 R4 UV Flatbed Printers A production bed that fits a small shop, real sheet output every shift 1200 × 1540 mm 22–28 m²/h @4
- Maven MH-3200 R12 UV Hybrid Printers Industrial speed at 3.2 metres, roll and rigid on one chassis 3200 mm 92–111 m²/h @4
- Maven MS-1802 E4 Eco-Solvent Printers A shift's worth of banner, dry before it reaches the take-up 1800 mm 79 m²/h @4
- Maven MK-1612 Cutting Systems & Plotters Knife, crease and router in one head, from sheet to finished part in one stop 1600 × 1200 mm 40–55 m²/h @1
02 — INK
Inks used
You buy the machine once and the ink every month. These are the series used in this sector and the heads they run in. Every chemical product we sell ships with a Turkish safety data sheet.
- Maven MI-210 UV-LED R 395 nm UV-LED ink for Ricoh Gen5/Gen6 printheads UV-LED Inks
- Maven MI-110 UV UV curable ink for mercury-vapour industrial flatbed printers UV Curable Inks
- Maven MI-410 ECO Low-odour eco-solvent for machines running Epson i3200-E1, DX5, DX7 and XP600 heads Eco-Solvent Inks
- Maven MI-510 SOL True solvent for grand-format machines with Konica KM1024i and KM512i heads Solvent Inks
03 — MATERIAL
Materials printed
- Acrylic
- Aluminium Composite
- Foam PVC
- Foam Board
- PVC
- Glass
- Metal
- Banner
- Mesh
- Vinyl
If a material on this list is new to you, ask for a sample print: adhesion and outdoor life depend on how the ink and the surface behave together, not on the ink alone. Request a Sample
04 — JOB LIST
What the machines on this page print.
- 01 Illuminated sign and channel-letter faces (acrylic, opal sheet)
- 02 Pylon signs, wayfinding and floor-directory plates
- 03 Facade panels and fascias on aluminium composite
- 04 Building banners, scaffold banners and mesh
- 05 Shop-window graphics and frosted-effect partial films
- 06 Citylight, CLP and billboard posters
- 07 Exhibition stand panels, backdrops and counter wraps
- 08 Interior wayfinding on foam PVC and foam board
05 — QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Which machine should a sign shop buy first?
Look at your mix. If more than half your monthly square metres are banner, vinyl and poster, the eco-solvent roll printer comes first; if rigid sheet dominates, the UV flatbed does. You do not have to buy both at once — subcontracting the other half until volume justifies it is cheaper than financing a machine that runs half empty.
How long does UV printing on acrylic and aluminium composite last?
The reference we publish on the ink side is 24 months of unlaminated vertical exposure in a central European climate. Annual UV dose on the southern Turkish coast is higher than that reference, and life shortens markedly on horizontal or upward-facing installations. Where long life is expected, a laminate or varnish layer is part of the job, not an option.
How do you handle cutting and shaping?
At low volume a guillotine and a knife will do. Once you need edge quality and repeatability on foam board, foam PVC and aluminium composite, there is a digital cutting table at the end of the process. The MK-1612 reads the registration marks in the printed sheet, contour cuts, creases and routes thin composite — and taking cutting off the printer frees the printer as well.
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Send your monthly square metres and your material, and we will send the right machine–ink pairing for this sector as an itemised quote.