By Digital Output Staff
The October issue of Digital Output includes a comprehensive chart listing floor graphic media vendors and their products. Refer to the chart for your next purchasing decision. To help with your decision making, we include spotlights on some of the vendors listed in the chart and highlight their standout floor graphic products.
ACCO Brands’ Print Shield Floor Guard is a premium pressure-sensitive overlaminating film that features an ultra-aggressive adhesive—ideal for tough-to-stick-to media such as polyester-based white films. It offers a durable, rich-textured finish that is ideal for creating vibrant, slip, and scuff resistant floor graphics. Print Shield Floor Guard is also an excellent choice for protecting trade show graphics and point of purchase (POP) displays from heavy wear and fingerprints.
The MPI 2600 Floor Film Series from Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions gives design flexibility for even the most ambitious indoor floor graphic applications—with a reliable digital print performance, rapid application, and two beautiful textures, Crushed Stone and Natural Stucco. These floor films are tough, scuff resistant, and flexible calendered vinyl. Choices of permanent and removable adhesives support the creation of unique short and longer term decoration in hospitality areas, retail areas, and exhibitions. In addition, the Crushed Stone and Natural Stucco meet UL 410 standard for slip resistance of floor surface materials and do not require an overlaminate when used for short-term floor application.
Canon Solutions America offers numerous print-and-go floor graphics options, leveraging Canon Colorado and Arizona inks, which often eliminate the need for lamination. However, for applications requiring extended durability or for high-traffic areas needing extra protection, using self-adhesive vinyl with laminate may be the best choice. Canon recommends and supplies media from trusted partners like Jessup and Mactac for these applications. Additionally, other manufacturers such as General Formulations, Oracal, and 3M produce products compatible with Canon Colorado UVgel technology, ensuring a range of high-quality options for clients.
DreamScape’s latest floor graphic media options are designed to excel in commercial environments such as restaurants, retail stores, office environments, and public venues, where durability and safety are paramount due to high foot traffic. The range includes three-ply, non-slip materials that ensure longevity and maintain aesthetic appeal under heavy use. These products are easy to apply and remove, support vibrant color reproduction, and are compatible with various printing technologies. Ideal for promotional events, directional signage, or decorative purposes, DreamScape floor graphics transform spaces into engaging areas that enhance customer experiences.
Drytac provides a range of floor graphics materials tailored for various surfaces and environments, ensuring safety and durability. Its solutions cater to both outdoor and indoor applications, offering options for smooth and rough surfaces, as well as carpet, tile, and hardwood. These materials come with varying levels of slip resistance and are suitable for short- to long-term use.
FDC Graphic Films, Inc. offers a variety of floor graphics print media products from some of the leading brands in the industry. It provides 3M’s lineup of floor and sidewalk vinyl films—40C Controltac Print Film paired with 3645 or 8509 Scotchcal Luster Overlaminates, ideal for indoor tile and low-pile carpet applications; and 3662 Scotchcal Graphic Film paired with 3647 Scotchcal Matte Overlaminate for sidewalk applications. In the Lumina by FDC lineup, FDC offers the 7251 Smooth Tile Floor Film and the 7279 Carpet Floor Film—both use UL-classified 7051 Anti-Skid Floor Laminate to provide slip resistance. FDC also offers two ASLAN options of MP 300 Premium FloorProtect and DFP 46 WrapTheStreet for rough surfaces.
From trade shows to retail floors, Flexcon Flexmark Floor Art and FlexMark base films and overlaminates for graphic advertising on floors and carpets are the tools you need to capture attention, drive engagement, and lift sales.
AlumiGraphics Grip from FloorSignage LLC is a leader in outdoor floor graphic media offering long term, weather resistant durability. This foil-based material conforms to rough, uneven surfaces like asphalt, concrete, brick pavers, and other rigid walkways. Slip resistant, safe, and environmentally sustainable, AlumiGraphics Grip does not require an overlaminate—saving time and money, in addition it is completely recyclable. VersaGraphics360 by FloorSignage LLC offers complete versatility as a floor and wall graphic. The fabric-based material provides unmatched durability for this indoor floor graphic that is ideal for installation on a range of floor surfaces including carpet. VersaGraphics360 floor graphic media is scratch and slip resistant, making it an ideal choice for restaurants, hospitals, schools, retail, trade show, and event markings.
General Formulations’ Traffic Graffic products are ideal for floor decals, carpet graphics, and countertop POP advertisements, ensuring safety with UL 410 approval for slip resistance on interior floors and commercial carpets. General Formulations Traffic Graffic white vinyl products include GF 210, designed for large format graphics on tile floors, and GF 212, designed for commercial carpets. Both offer easy removability and excellent lay flat properties. Pairing these films with one of General Formulations’ Traffic Graffic laminates ensures added safety. GF 109 is a 5-mil clear laminate with a textured matte finish, GF 213 is a 3.75-mil clear embossed polypropylene film, serving as an eco-friendly laminate for indoor graphics and approved for indirect food contact, and GF 217 is a 3-mil gloss clear laminating vinyl, ideal for high-traffic areas with slip resistance.
From Jessup, discover TenaciousTac, the ultimate high-tack permanent graphic solution designed for the most demanding applications. Available in PVC, PET, and PP substrates, TenaciousTac is ideal for creating durable decals that perform both indoors and outdoors. It excels in adhering to highly textured surfaces, low surface energy plastics, and powder-coated metals, ensuring graphics stay securely in place. Featuring a 90# lay flat liner, TenaciousTac is ideal for easy die cutting and sheet-fed applications. Choose from high-tack pressure-sensitive adhesive or chemically resistant adhesives, available in three different coat weights to meet your specific needs. With TenaciousTac, you get unmatched durability and versatility for your most challenging projects.
Create floor, wall, and window graphics with one universal media—Trifecta. Nekoosa’s Trifecta is a 6-mil, semi-rigid, matte white textured facestock rated for up to five years of outdoor use. This high opacity film has an excellent white point and a universal removable adhesive that will cleanly remove from indoor and outdoor applications for up to six months. Trifecta includes a 90# layflat polycoated paper liner for ease of printing and installation. With UL 410 slip resistance certification, Trifecta is ideal for one-step floor graphics as well as wall and window signage. Print compatibility includes wide format—solvent, eco-solvent, latex, and UV; UV offset; and screen.
Roland DGA offers a variety of media ideal for floor graphics applications, including WallFlair Removable Vinyl (ESM-WFRV), Gloss Calendered Vinyl (ESM-GCVP), Gloss Calendered Vinyl PRO (ESM-GCPRO), and Matte Calendered Vinyl (ESM-MCVP). These media products can be paired with Roland DGA’s GuardLam Glossy Floor Overlaminate or GuardLam Embossed Floor Overlaminate for even greater durability and anti-slip properties.
Oct2024, Digital Output
