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ADA Gemini ADA Plaques Offer Beauty and Compliance Don’t let ADA signage requirements be an eyesore—Gemini ADA directional signage offers beauty, style, and compliance. As with any law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), created many questions about compliance. Gemini Incorporated has instituted manufacturing standards and quality control measures to ensure its ADA signage complies with this act. Unlike other ADA-compliant products, Gemini’s patent-pending process does not use loose beads for the Braille component or rely on imperfect, non-compliant castings. All copy (standard lettering and Grade 2 Braille) and borders are raised from the background. Gemini can also provide customization in background color and design, so you can make your ADA signage work with your location and not stick out from it. To learn more, call 877/877-2922 or view www.geminiplaques.com. A D H E S I V E S / TA P E S AdPads are Now Available for Distribution in North America An AdPad from Limetree Media is at your feet—not in your face! AdPads are non-tape-based adhesives that use oil to adhere high-resolution, full-color graphic images to concrete or asphalt outdoors. They can be as small as a hand or as big as a parking lot. They are also quite tough—standing up to all kinds of weather conditions and heavy traffic—and provide skid-resistance greater than that of concrete or asphalt. When an advertising or public awareness campaign is completed, the AdPads can be easily removed with no damage to the surface to which they were adhered. To find out more about this innovative advertising opportunity or its distribution rights, call 780/640-6865 or view www.limetree.ca. West End Products Adds Adhesive Off (New Vanilla-smash Formula) to its Product Line Adhesive Off from West End Products is a ready-to-use, non-toxic, biodegradable, commercial-strength adhesive remover. Simply spray this remover onto the adhesive, wait approximately thirty seconds, and watch the adhesive visibly swell. For best results, agitate with a stiff brush (especially around rivets or other obstacles) and then pressure wash (for big jobs), scrape, or use a paper towel to wipe off (for smaller jobs). Adhesive Off can be used indoors or out and also works on printing inks, bug juice, paint overspray, tar, grease, asphalt, and even chewing gum! The information flier “How to Use Adhesive Off” and an MSDS sheet can be obtained by dialing 866/485-5202 or visiting www.westendproducts.com. AUTO/VEHICLE GR APHICS The Bad Wrap™ Design System Saves Sign Shops Time and Money Sign shops strive to turn out high-quality designs in a minimal amount of time, making more money with a superior final product. The Bad Wrap™ design software has over 300 templates using actual vehicle photographs rather than line drawings. (The Bad Wrap is the first-ever software system that allows designers to save hours of preparation on vehicle wraps by using real photographic templates of the most commonly wrapped vehicles.) Each vehicle has been hand-measured and accurately scaled by seasoned vehicle wrap designers to be accurate within 1/4-inch. All templates include actual measurements in PDF documents for quick reference. The Bad Wrap design software allows a typical sign shop to pay for its cost in about three wraps with the amount of time saved. The Bad Wrap software system is distributed exclusively through Fellers Inc. For further details, check out www.fellers.com and www.thebadwrap.com. D I G I TA L P R I N T I N G E Q U I P M E N T/ S U P P L I E S Digital View Introduces ActivPrint™ for Printing Digital Signage Digital View, a supplier of display electronics products for video promotion and digital signage solutions, has introduced ActivPrint™, a new technology that turns static advertising into eye-catching animated displays. ActivPrint uses programmable e-paper technology and animation and combines it with the latest design techniques to bring advertising materials to life—in any shape and with up to ten animation steps. The end-result is a high-resolution, flexible, and cost-effective advertising display that’s simple and eye-catching. ActivPrint animations can be used on shelves or integrated into any type of advertising solution. These displays can be positioned anywhere around an environment to truly captivate an audience, build brand awareness, and raise sales. For more information, call 408/782-7773 or visit www.ActivPrint.tv. 20 Sign Builder Illustrated May 2008

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Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008 Contents SBI Agenda Quotes & Comments Contributors Costly Concerns Dispatches Sign Show Dateline: Time to Find a New Identity Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks Sign Illumination: It’s Time to Pay Attention Restoring Old Photographs for Digital Printing Price Doesn’t Sell the Signs You Want to Make Architects in LED Codes for Electric Signs: Don’t Get Blindsided! Digital Displays at the Pearl Harbor Museum The Art of Wayfinding Signage Grand Format National Following Traffic Sign Regulations Designs on ADA Signage Painting Professionally SBI Marketplace Imagine-It Graphics

Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008

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