Very Long Sign - need some ideas

[duggan]

Alright, I have a customer who wants a 48 ft x 4 ft sign. He has already bought the boards, 6 boards each 8ft x 4ft. I have no problem designing it, but where I am having difficulties is how to print it. Should I try to cut it up into different sections, each overlapping a few inches, in Illustrator and then print them like that? Any ideas are welcome!

 

[CL Graphics]

just print 4x8 sheets. not sure i would let my customer supply the "boards" unless he has a source for alumalite.

 

[J Hill Designs]

sounds about right, or just tile in your RIP

 

[dlndesign]

you may want to print a small overlap just for registration, if its going to be a complicated sign, if its just wording, I would stick to 4x8 as well, depending on your comfort level.

 

[Letterbox Mike]

Let the RIP tile it in 4x8 sections, just make sure the boards are exactly 8' long and make sure you mount as accurately as possible.

 

[duggan]

yeah, the boards are a special type of metal. Their very heavy!

 

[StopSignGraphics]

How long does the sign need to last? Anyway you could do it on banner material? That would make installation easy.

 

[duggan]

He has not really said how long he wants it to last, but I figure atleast a year.

 

[Artgunner]

I would had paint it if the design is not to far out in left field. 48' sounds like big letters to me. Brush and rollers. I did 14' x 48' billboards for years as a pictorial artist. Pre printers.

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