Large Format Lenticular Prints

Applications: Back-lit or Front-lit panels

Point of purchase (POP) / point of sale (POS) displays / retail
Trade show graphics
General purpose signage
Transit -bus, train, tram & taxi -vehicles & shelters
Outdoor media / Out of home media -Eyelite, Metrolite, Torchlite, Superlite, Citylight & Citysite
Vending machine graphics
Museum artwork panels
Movie posters

Large Format -Production Materials

Large format may be loosely considered as larger than the standard 510x710mm (20"x28") lenticular sheet size. Lenticular sheet is available in either a "rigid" or "flexible" form and in an array of common plastics. Plastic properties differ from one another in terms of clarity, brittleness, impact resistance, index of refraction, heat distortion temperature and UV resistance. Sheet designs differ from one another in terms of thickness, radius of curvature of the lenticules, and the number of Lenticules Per Inch (LPI). The combination of the plastic's properties and design define whether the sheet has a narrower or wider angle of view, hence the suitability for one or more lenticular visual effects, and the ideal viewing range from which it is to be viewed. Longer and slightly wider sheet sizes than the standard sizes can be custom extruded provided minimum order quantities are agreed to.

Rigid Plastic Sheet, typically ranges from 1.2mm to 3.8mm in thickness. Plastic types include APET, PETG, Acrylic, Polystyrene, and infrequently Polycarbonate. Standard sheet sizes are extruded up to 4'x8' with the lenticules parallel to the long side. Tiling of panels isn't recommended by most sheet extruders, though it is practised by a minority.

Rigid sheets are either printed on directly by UV flatbed machines, or have the print mounted to the sheet with a double-sided optically clear adhesive or glue. As a rule of thumb, the thicker the plastic, the more expensive the plastic. Thicker plastic, combined with a narrower viewing angle, provides deeper 3D effects. Stock ranges from 60LPI (fine) through to 10LPI (coarse).

Flexible Plastic Sheet
Flexible large format lenticular sheet is typically less than 1mm thick and available in 40-75LPI designs. The primary purpose of such thin materials is so that it can pass through the ink units of an offset press, however the 40LPI material is increasingly being printed on by flatbed machines. The plastic material is mostly an APET variety and less commonly a PVC.

Thin, flexible plastic sheet is significantly less expensive than rigid sheet, and can be rolled post printing for delivery. The latter translates into lower freight and installation costs.

Large Format Production

Our North American production offers both litho offset and digital inkjet printing directly onto the back surface of the lenticular sheet.

Maximum litho poster size: 1168 W x 1600 H mm (MOQ: 50)
Maximum inkjet poster size: 1200 W x 2400 H mm (MOQ: 1)

*Note: We DO NOT tile lenticular panels to create larger sizes.

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