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Jumbo-size, double-sided lightboxes and uniform light diffusionEarlier this week, a customer came to me with a very narrow set of requirements: He wanted very large backlit display lightboxes, with excellent brightness and diffusion properties, but with a very narrow frame width, as viewed from the front. Here’s how I presented his options, in my email response: How large of a lightbox can we design and build, and still display a seamless Duratrans backlit graphic?This question came up recently, from a customer who wanted us to build an ultra-large lightbox for Duratrans backlit film graphics, with a totally seamless appearance. Here’s how I responded:Dear [Customer]: After talking to our Engineering Dept., we can’t build a seamless lightbox (for duratrans film) where both dimensions are larger than 100”. This is because the max. roll width of our 3/16” thick polycarbonate lens material (both the white diffuser lens and the front clear lens) is 100” wide. So if your design for the larger (24 ft. wide) lightbox could be adjusted so that the shorter of the 2 dimensions is reduced to 100” (plus frame thickness) then we can go seamless on the lightbox design. (For the smaller lightbox, I’m assuming that the requested 102” height can be spec’d as the outside dimensions — not the graphic size — so then our 100” lens material will work fine here.) So here are our options: What we need to know, before we design a jumbo-size lightbox.Recently, a customer inquired about building an indoor lightbox that will be over 25 feet wide. There are many unique engineering and aesthetic considerations to a lightbox at this unusually large size, so here’s the list of questions I asked her, to help me determine what type(s) of lightboxes might work best for this jumbo size:
How do I find original artwork that has enough resolution to enlarge to a 60 in. wide Duratrans print?A customer emailed me today and asked, “I want to place two 30” x 60” lightboxes containing ultra-high resolution Duratrans backlit prints in my office lobby, for the enjoyment of my customers. When I shop around for high-res photos, nothing I find has enough detail or raw pixels to scale this big and still look really sharp and stunning. How do I find original artwork that has enough resolution to enlarge to a 60” wide Duratrans print?” Here is how I answered: What Influences The Price Of A Graphics Lightbox?Everyone wants the most economical lightboxes they can get for their needs, but what are the main factors that drive the pricing of various lightbox models? For example, Blue River Digital’s EdgeLyte Econo 24 x 36” is Internet-discount priced at $335.00 US each, and the EdgeLyte Premium model of the same size is $595.00 US each. Both are aluminum construction snap-frame models at the same display size, using edgelit T5 fluorescent lamps, and come with sandwich lens design. But the Premium is over 75% more of an investment, so what case is there for going with the Premium model over the Econo? |
