Focus on Soft Signage YES Group Where versatility meets reliability
Soft signage continues to grow as brands look for lightweight, portable, and visually striking display solutions across retail, exhibitions, events, and interiors. For print providers looking to enter or expand within this
market, eco-solvent technology remains a practical and flexible choice. At YES Group, one of the key solutions supporting soft signage production is the Gongzheng Thunderjet AQ1602S Eco-Solvent Printer, a 1.6m roll-to-roll system designed for consistent, high-quality output across a wide range of media. Eco-solvent printing is particularly well-suited to soft signage applications such as fabric banners, exhibition graphics, display backdrops, and coated textile media. The Thunderjet AQ1602S delivers smooth gradients, strong colour saturation, and fine detail, while maintaining the flexibility required for textile-based substrates. This makes it ideal for applications where visuals need to remain vibrant but lightweight and easy to transport. The printer supports a broad selection of media types including
soft signage fabrics, PVC-free materials, wallpapers, self-adhesive vinyls, and coated textiles, allowing print businesses to diversify their offering without investing in multiple platforms.
Gongzheng Thunderjet
From a business perspective, eco-solvent remains attractive due to its lower running costs, manageable maintenance, and suitability for indoor environments. For companies already producing signage, branding, or display graphics, it offers a natural route into soft signage without a steep learning curve. As a UK-based supplier, YES Group supports customers not only with equipment, but with installation, training, and ongoing technical support, ensuring printers can confidently explore new applications such as soft signage while maintaining quality and productivity.
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Large-format soft signage made easy
Mimaki UJV55-320
Soft signage continues to gain ground across retail, exhibition and event environments, with brands looking for lighter, easier-to-install graphics that still deliver sharp colour and strong visual impact. Mimaki’s grand-format line-up gives businesses a straightforward route into this expanding market, offering proven reliability along with highly competitive entry points for companies ready to scale up to 3.2m production. The Mimaki UJV55-320 remains a dependable choice for high-impact backlit work and large-scale displays. Its LED-UV technology produces instantly cured output with rich colour and crisp detail, making it ideal for applications that demand both vibrancy and durability. The printer’s dual-roll capability adds welcome flexibility,
allowing operators to run two narrower rolls simultaneously for improved throughput and better utilisation across busy production schedules. For businesses handling a mix of backlit, frontlit and exhibition
graphics, it’s a well-established workhorse that consistently delivers. Alongside it sits the TS330-3200DS, bringing Mimaki’s latest dye sublimation advances into
the grand format arena.
Built on the high end 330 series platform, the printer provides the speed and stability required for production-volume soft signage output, backed by excellent colour consistency and smooth tonal gradations. Its integrated direct-to-fabric or paper transfer approach simplifies the workflow and reduces handling, while still meeting the demands of tensioned fabric systems, large backdrops and lightweight display solutions. For print companies looking to enter or grow within grand-format textile, it represents an accessible, future-proof investment. Together, the UJV55-320 and TS330-3200DS give businesses the freedom to match the right technology to the application, whether that’s UV for fast-turnaround signage or dye sub for premium fabric work.
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