Foldable Fabric?

[bosdub]

I'm wondering if anyone has an "easy to use" fabric for poster printing? I did a search and didn't come up with too much. The idea is a transportable poster which can be folded up, thrown in a briefcase or luggage, opened up on the other end without showing any signs of having been folded.

I would be printing these on an HP Z6100 and there will most likely be some pretty fine text at times. I have tried a few materials with limited success. Some materials have printed great but have been a bear to cut without fraying or stretching. Even with a hot knife the results have been lackluster.

I am looking for a material that will work without a lot of fuss. We do quite alot of these posters...currently on paper.

Thanks in advance!

 

[CS-SignSupply-TT]

IMHO, the best way to prevent creases is to ROLL rather than fold

 

[Gino]

I've been searching for this beast for years. It's only available for dye sub machines. Anything for an inkjet or flatbed will wrinkle to a certain extent and the wrinkles won't come out completely.

 

[bosdub]

Rolling is not preferred as then it has to be carried in a tube which is somewhat cumbersome while traveling. That is what we do now and the client is getting tired of carrying the prints in that fashion

@ Gino - It must exist as there is someone on the net selling such a finished product and I don't think they are using dye sub.

Thanks for the input, much appreciated

 

[Bill Modzel]

I have an OLD roll of Graphics Silk that I got from Charrotte. It drapes and doesn't seem to take a crease at all. I'm pretty sure that it is actually a polyester product.
It comes on a backing paper and although it was an aqueous product, I have printed it on my HP9000s with good results also. I've even ran it through the wash machine and it's held about 95% of it's color.
Any fabric that you find that won't crease from folding will not be stiff enough to hang without putting tension on it and will not be "poster like".