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The Rise of SEG for Custom Printed Fabric

Custom printed fabrics are a prominent medium for striking signage and exquisite décor among smart, successful businesses. Fabric is a simple, lightweight, and cost-effective alternative to traditional signage and décor. Growth in frame extrusion technologies has zeroed in on digitally printed fabric for silicone edge graphics (SEG). SEG refers to a fabric graphic that is sewn with a flat, silicone strip around the edges. Users then insert the removable SEG snugly into a frame which creates a drum-tight fit and stretches the art for optimal presentation. The combination of custom printed fabric and a lightweight, typically aluminum, frame create the most preferred solution for businesses that regularly change out displays.

Why Use It?

Digitally printed fabric produces glare-free images in high-definition with sharp clarity, precise color reproduction, and astounding color contrast that blow older options out of the water. Other display materials used in the past include acrylic, heavy stock paper, and PVC, but these options are heavy, carry a high-damage risk, and are difficult to install. Advancements in dye-sublimation printing technology (dye-sub) and fabric quality make SEG successful today.

Wide-format digital printing is a crucial factor for growth in your business. Now your marketing messages, advertisements, and fine art pieces can seamlessly grow in size with SEG graphics. From manufacturing to shipping and installing, the SEG process is quick and easy while maintaining a clean, sophisticated look, all on an affordable budget.

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Who Uses It? How Is It Used?

SEG could belong to various settings: retail stores, transportation hubs, restaurants, hotels, tradeshows and exhibitions, sports arenas and stadiums, museums, schools, amusement parks, religious centers, and many more. SEG frames are durable and versatile across multiple industries. Restaurants and retail outlets will be able to easily and cost-efficiently change promotions as often as they need. Museums can creatively share digital artwork and photography through a physical medium. Schools, athletic teams, and religious centers can highlight people and upcoming events.

Anyone with an environment that desires décor or signage should consider using SEG. Once the frame is installed, graphics can be supplied on-demand to display new art or messages. The fabric provides natural sound abatement that helps decrease noise levels in loud, open areas. Dark or boring locations that need a pop of interest are ideal for SEG or SEG LED, which can serve as a focal point and provide ambient lighting.

LED Lightbox of dark blackout fabric with bright green iguanas printed on the front.

What Are The Trends?

SEG frames challenge you to think outside the box. Go beyond the ordinary with triangular, hexagonal, and even dome-shaped frames! Parallax has created unique lantern-like SEG’s that make luxurious décor pieces. Customize your frame to seamlessly fit the architecture of any space for a sleek, sophisticated look. Whoever heard of the phrase ‘two is better than one’? A double-sided SEG frame creates a presentation to be seen from all sides.

SEG frames can even be lined with LED lights, creating a lightbox or backlit graphic to make your display shine. Choose LED color-changing lights to give your graphic a twinkling show so your message can’t be ignored!

Custom printed fabrics are a specialty at Parallax. We promise that our SEG frame solutions are an effective and profitable solution for your brand’s needs.

Contact us to explore the stunning capabilities that custom printed fabric and SEG frames can do for you. To learn more about Parallax, click here.

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