Focus on Digital Printable Media Dorotape UK
A PVC-free game-changer for stunning, easy-to-apply printed window graphics
Unlike traditional static cling vinyl, which degrades after about six months, struggles in cold and humid conditions, and contains highly plasticised PVC – one of the most environmentally harmful plastics – Glass Apeel offers a revolutionary alternative. This innovative solution is not only free from harmful VOCs but also provides complete repositionability and lifetime removability. Glass Apeel can even be stored and reused multiple times, significantly reducing waste and reinforcing our commitment to environmental sustainability. Glass Apeel window graphic material features an innovative, smooth, non-sticky underside with a unique microporous layer that expands the film’s surface area, creating a grip-like feel. When applied to smooth surfaces such as glass or metal, the film naturally aligns with the surface, keeping it firmly in place. Removal is remarkably simple – just peel from one corner and the alignment breaks instantly, releasing the grip completely and leaving absolutely no residue behind. This revolutionary technology combines professional-grade performance with unmatched convenience.
Glass Apeel is available in four different versions:
• Glass Apeel Transparent is 100% optically clear for use on glass and acrylic and can be front or mirror printed.
• Glass Apeel Frosted has a bright translucency for front or mirror printing, providing privacy while letting light through.
Metamark Performance and trust are everything
Performance and trusted reliability are key considerations when electing the right hardware upon which to build a business. Metamark argues that it’s no different when choosing digital materials. Performance and trust are everything. Metamark sees and manages digital materials from the
vantage point of a materials manufacturer. The Lancaster-based company designs, manufactures and supplies the materials wearing its long-established and respected brand, and so directly influences the many parameters that help make its digital materials exceptional performers on all fronts. According to Metamark, it offers every digital material a modern signs and graphics producer needs to profitably undertake any job that comes along. With materials that are said to deliver benchmark-setting standards of quality for every digital ink species, Metamark covers hardware from hardworking legacy equipment to the very latest go-faster print-sharper offerings on the market from major manufacturers. Metamark’s digital print media are known collectively as
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MD-Class materials. Among the most popular materials in the MD-Class portfolio is Metamark MD5 – a family of products. MD5, says Metamark, has helped countless very experienced
MDC, Metamark’s premium car wrapping film
digital printers to elevate the quality of output they generate and adds that it’s carried as a reference and test stock by many printer engineers too. MD5 is available in a variety of configurations including variants with MetaScape air-egress, adhesives, block-out layers, high tack adhesive and more. Metamark also offers digital media targeting application specific needs including wrapping. The company’s premium cast wrapping film, MDC being one example. With matching laminates all MD-Class media deliver exceptional result with some users saying Metamark delivers print that look like the result a hardware upgrade.
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Glass Apeel
• Glass Apeel White 99% light block out properties for use on to windows and smooth metal surfaces.
• Glass Apeel Solar is a transparent film with energy conservation properties for use on windows to help maintain an even indoor temperature.
Glass Apeel is printable using latex, UV, and eco solvent inks, and looks stunning when applied to glass, acrylic, and other smooth, flat surfaces. Dorotape, which has been supplying the industry for over 35
years, has built a wide portfolio of PVC-free films. Glass Apeel is the latest addition to this range and enhances the company’s commitment to offering the very latest innovations in product technology and sustainability. Glass Apeel is available at 1370mm wide in both 10m and 30m
rolls.
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