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Backlit Film Printing The Eco-friendly Way

By: Shelby

First off, what is Backlit Film Printing?

An eye-catching, large format display typically used for restaurant menu boards, movie posters, and trade show displays, the backlit film is also sometimes known as a light box display. It’s basically an image printed on film and placed on a frame with a light inside. Doing this makes the photo or image more noticeable and appealing. There are, of course, various materials and processes used to make these backlit displays but at SLB Printing, we do it the eco-friendly way.

How do we do it?  

Backlit Film Printing

Backlit Film

By focusing on using environmentally-sound consumable materials and processes. When we print our backlit films, we use high-quality, recyclable HP Backlit Polyester Film. This matte-finish material is water resistant and can be laminated, which makes it more durable and longer-lasting even for outdoor use. Because they’re recyclable and from HP, these backlit films are also eligible for HP’s free recycling service, a project that helps reduce environmental impact. In addition to using recyclable film, we also use eco-friendly latex inks from HP. In fact, these water-based inks were not only recognized by the Business Equipment Research & Test Laboratories (BERTL) as the “Best Innovaion in Environmentally Friendly Inks” but they’re safe to use without special ventilation, too. This means that they won’t adversely affect our health. As for our printing process, the ink and films go through our large-format eco-friendly printers. The printers we use are very energy-efficient and contain parts that are either recyclable or reusable. But don’t think that all this energy saving means we work slower. The printers we use are performers and we are as well.

Eco-friendly and more While we do take pride in our high quality prints and eco-friendly printing process and materials, we’re also pleased that our (yes, eco-friendly) staff are also people-friendly. We do our best to attend to our clients’ needs, whether they want a backlit film or banner printed out, all while adhering to a same-day production policy (in by 10 a.m. out by 4 p.m.). Having a backlit film display made for your business will do wonders in getting the word out in a beautiful, eye-catching way. “Going green” with your printing is a step towards establishing yourself as an environmentally-conscious business (which is admittedly a bigger deal now than say, 50 or 30 years ago), and a way to help reduce waste and pollution and encourage sustainability. However, “going green” with SLB Printing’s backlit film printing ensures that you do just that without sacrificing quality and customer service.

In brief: Eco-friendly backlit film printing is a way for us to both show that we care for our

environment, our staff, our businesses and our clients. With so much wastage and pollution all over these days, it seems like a shame to squander any opportunity to “go green”. After all, even the smallest positive change we make can contribute to saving our planet or just making it a cleaner, more sustainable place to live. One change you can do as a business owner is to consider environmentally-friendly printing services. If you’re planning on advertising your products, you really can’t go wrong with backlit film and going about it with a smaller carbon footprint is even better.

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