gabagoo
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I am doing work, and have done work previously for a client who is contracted to do a renovation for a large public facility. I did the work last year and basically we printed an image that was purchased online and we scaled it up to the point where the dpi was about 50 dpi. I had the designer interpolate the graphic until it was pretty darn nice. It was a pic of a forest with birch trees.
I had never seen the finished work once it was installed, but went yesterday to check it out as we now have another floor of this facility to do.
So basically the contractor runs 1/4" glass panels along the coridor of the hallway about an inch from the wall.The glass panels not only go in front of the walls but in front of windows that allow staff to look into the rooms.
I printed everything reverse on a calendered film and ran a double hit to get the colour as deep a s possible. When the graphic is in front of the wall it looks really nice through the glass. They also have some sections with frosted vinyl in places creating a really nice effect.
When the graphic covers the window, it is barely visible from the outside light from the outer window of the room.
It seems the client (designer or administrator) wants the graphics to be more opaque.
I don't think there is anything i can do more than I have.
I went to another floor in the facility and saw some of the windows that were done many years ago and the colours are so dark that on the walls themselves they are almost impossible to see but in front of a window they light up like a duratrans...in fact I am sure thats what they are. That is a way to expensive process for the amount of sq footage I need to produce.
That other floor also had 1/2" glass and with the graphics on the backside they looked awesome. I can say that they payed an arm and 3 legs for that job and it is obvious to me that they do not have a budget for that.....besides we have to run over 80 or so feet at 60" high....
I ran one sample and it was placed on the glass. The image is of a branch of a tree sitting over some water. The print looked incredible but once the graphic goes over the window you can barely see much detail.
so the question is this.... What can I offer them? It is a tricky situation as I deal with the installer who in turn deals with the contractor who knows nothing of print. Ideally i would like to sit down with the decision maker and make them understand what is possible and what is not. Unfortunately that wont be happening so I am left to make it work, which I feel is not really possible printing on clear.
I had never seen the finished work once it was installed, but went yesterday to check it out as we now have another floor of this facility to do.
So basically the contractor runs 1/4" glass panels along the coridor of the hallway about an inch from the wall.The glass panels not only go in front of the walls but in front of windows that allow staff to look into the rooms.
I printed everything reverse on a calendered film and ran a double hit to get the colour as deep a s possible. When the graphic is in front of the wall it looks really nice through the glass. They also have some sections with frosted vinyl in places creating a really nice effect.
When the graphic covers the window, it is barely visible from the outside light from the outer window of the room.
It seems the client (designer or administrator) wants the graphics to be more opaque.
I don't think there is anything i can do more than I have.
I went to another floor in the facility and saw some of the windows that were done many years ago and the colours are so dark that on the walls themselves they are almost impossible to see but in front of a window they light up like a duratrans...in fact I am sure thats what they are. That is a way to expensive process for the amount of sq footage I need to produce.
That other floor also had 1/2" glass and with the graphics on the backside they looked awesome. I can say that they payed an arm and 3 legs for that job and it is obvious to me that they do not have a budget for that.....besides we have to run over 80 or so feet at 60" high....
I ran one sample and it was placed on the glass. The image is of a branch of a tree sitting over some water. The print looked incredible but once the graphic goes over the window you can barely see much detail.
so the question is this.... What can I offer them? It is a tricky situation as I deal with the installer who in turn deals with the contractor who knows nothing of print. Ideally i would like to sit down with the decision maker and make them understand what is possible and what is not. Unfortunately that wont be happening so I am left to make it work, which I feel is not really possible printing on clear.
