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Fabric and cloth banners

Fabric banners, and whether the light should come through

A polyester cloth banner is chosen for how it looks under lights, and it is specified by two questions a vinyl banner never asks: should light pass through the cloth, and will the banner ever be folded?

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Fabric banner printing in Singapore, in one paragraph

EZ Print prints fabric banners, also called cloth banners, in Singapore, and has done since 2017. The base is a 100% polyester cloth in two weights: a lighter cloth that is translucent, and a heavier cloth that is opaque with a grey backing. Cloth banners run from 297 mm to 1500 mm wide, with eyelets at an advised one per metre or pockets for a ¾-, 1- or 1.5-inch pole. A waterproof fabric is printed single-sided up to 3000 × 1500 mm. Banner cloth is kept rolled, because a fold leaves a permanent crease. A freestanding stretched-fabric wall is a tension fabric backdrop, a separate product. EZ Print quotes from the specification and does not publish prices.

Large format & signage
Fabric Banner
A woven polyester banner with a matt face and no glare, for halls, stages and indoor walls.
Also ordered as: Cloth Banner, Polyester Banner, Canvas Banner, Indoor Banner
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The specification a fabric banner is quoted from

Cloth, finished size, the fixing on each edge, and how the banner travels. The last one is the one briefs tend to leave out: a cloth banner that moves between events has to be planned as a rolled item from the start, because the cloth does not forgive a fold.

A fabric banner is not drawn here at true size. A metre of cloth has no true-size view on a screen, and a reduced rectangle cannot show either of the two things that decide the order. One is the weave — whether light passes through the cloth — and no drawing on a screen reproduces that; the translucent and opaque cloths are described in words below instead. The other is the edge, which is stated as figures: eyelets advised at one per metre on every side, artwork kept 50 mm clear of them, and a pocket sized to the pole, from a 1.5-inch pocket for a ¾-inch pole to a 3-inch pocket for a 1.5-inch pole.

1500mm

The maximum width of a polyester cloth banner. A fabric graphic wider than that is a different construction — a waterproof fabric cut to size, or a tension fabric backdrop on its own frame.

Cloth: 100% polyester, in a lighter translucent weight or a heavier opaque weight with a grey backing.
Width: 297 mm to 1500 mm on polyester cloth; 297 mm to 1220 mm on the grey-backed polyester banner.
Edges: Each edge specified on its own: eyelets, a pocket, a pocket with a pole in it, or trimmed with no edge work.
Eyelets: One per metre is the advised count, edge by edge. More can be added, with the spacing stated in millimetres for each edge.
Pole pockets: A 1.5-inch pocket for a ¾-inch pole, 2-inch for a 1-inch pole, 3-inch for a 1.5-inch pole.
Waterproof fabric: Single-sided, custom size up to 3000 × 1500 mm in either orientation, trimmed to size.
Handling: Stored and carried rolled. Folding banner cloth leaves a permanent crease.
Turnaround: Standard is generally 7–14 working days including eyelets, pockets and poles. Express is quoted per job.

What to ask for

2 fabric banners, 1000 × 2000 mm finished
Polyester cloth, heavier opaque weight with grey backing
Pocket top and bottom for a 1-inch round pole (2-inch pocket)
Single-sided, artwork kept clear of both pockets
To be stored rolled between events
Print-ready PDF at final size, fonts outlined
Needed by — your date

The material

The cloths, and what each one does with light

Polyester banner cloth comes in more than one construction, and the difference between them is mostly about light: whether it passes through, whether the back is grey, and whether the fabric sheds water. None of them is a sheet from the caliper table, so none carries a weight or a thickness figure here.

Translucent polyester cloth

Also sold as light polyester banner cloth, sheer cloth banner.

The lighter of the two polyester banner cloths. It lets light through, so a lamp, a window or a bright wall behind it shows through the print.

Under ink: Lit from behind, the print reads lighter, and from the reverse it can be seen faintly as a mirror image.
Best for: Indoor hanging banners against a plain or dark background, where a lighter cloth is easier to rig and nothing behind it competes.
Avoid for: Hanging in front of a window, a lit wall or anything busy. Whatever is behind it reads through the image.
On the schedule: Printed, then finished with eyelets or pockets, or trimmed to size.

Opaque grey-backed polyester cloth

Also sold as heavy polyester banner cloth, grey-back cloth banner.

The heavier of the two polyester banner cloths. It is opaque and grey on the reverse, so the background behind the banner stays hidden.

Under ink: Colour holds in front of a bright background because nothing comes through from behind. The reverse is plain grey rather than a ghost of the print.
Best for: Banners hung in front of glazing, busy walls or stage lighting, and anything photographed against a lit background.
Avoid for: Two-sided viewing. The grey back is a back, not a second printed face.
On the schedule: Printed, then finished with eyelets or pockets, or trimmed to size.

Grey-backed polyester banner

Also sold as polyester banner, polyester alternative to a vinyl banner.

A 100% polyester banner material with a grey backing, made as a direct alternative to a vinyl banner where the brief specifies a polyester rather than a PVC material.

Under ink: A cloth face rather than a coated one, so it does not throw directional light back the way a vinyl face can.
Best for: Banners from 297 mm to 1220 mm wide where a polyester material is specified, finished with eyelets.
Avoid for: Pole-pocket work, since this construction is eyeletted or trimmed rather than pocketed. And folding: it creases permanently like the other cloths.
On the schedule: Printed, then eyeletted or trimmed to size.

Waterproof fabric

Also sold as waterproof fabric, waterproof cloth banner.

A fabric made to shed water, printed on one face to a custom size up to 3000 × 1500 mm in either orientation.

Under ink: Single-sided only. The edge is a clean trim: the fabric is cut to the printed size.
Best for: A fabric look in a spot where water is likely — near a pool, a fountain or a covered outdoor area — where ordinary banner cloth would be the wrong call.
Avoid for: A brief that needs eyelets or pole pockets on the same piece, because this fabric is quoted trimmed to size. Double-sided work.
On the schedule: Printed single-sided, then trimmed to size.

Lightbox fabric with silicone edge

Also sold as SEG fabric, backlit fabric, silicone edge graphic.

A slightly stretchy fabric made to be lit from behind, with a silicone strip sewn round its edge that pushes into the groove of a lightbox frame. It is sized to the visible area of the frame.

Under ink: Read by light coming through it, so colour is judged lit rather than on a desk.
Best for: Fabric lightboxes from 1000 mm to 3000 mm wide.
Avoid for: Folding. A fold damages the print, so it is stored and moved rolled.
On the schedule: Printed with 7.5 mm extra all round, then the silicone strip is sewn on.

A freestanding stretched-fabric wall is not a banner and is not quoted here. A tension fabric backdrop is a stretch polyester printed by dye sublimation and pulled over its own aluminium frame, and it has its own page.The materials library

Count eyelets per edge, not per banner. The advised figure is one per metre on every side, each edge’s count includes its corners, and anything beyond that is ordered as extra eyelets at a spacing stated in millimetres.

Eyelets, pockets and poles on cloth

Cloth is finished edge by edge. The top, the bottom, the left and the right are each specified on their own — eyelets, a pocket, a pocket with a pole already in it, or nothing — so a banner can carry a pole pocket at the top and eyelets at the bottom on one order.

Fabric banner finishing: what each edge operation adds, and whether its setup is kept for the reorder
Finish	Tooling	What the reorder pays for
Eyelets, counted per edgeAdvised at one per metre on each edge, corners counted in; extra eyelets at a stated spacing in millimetres	None	Nothing to make, so nothing to remake.
Pole pocket, sized to the pole1.5-inch pocket for a ¾-inch pole, 2-inch for 1-inch, 3-inch for 1.5-inch; top and bottom or left and right	None	Nothing to make, so nothing to remake.
Pocket with PVC poleA ¾-inch round PVC pole supplied in the pocket, up to 2.9 m long	None	Nothing to make, so nothing to remake.
Silicone edge stripSewn round lightbox fabric so it seats in the frame groove; needs 7.5 mm extra artwork all round	None	Nothing to make, so nothing to remake.

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Every operation here is quoted inside the standard window. What changes between a first order and a second is the tooling: a die, a block or a screen is made once and then kept on file with your approved artwork, which is why the reorder of a job carrying one is a different job from the first.

A fabric banner is ruined in the bag, not on the stand. Polyester banner cloth keeps the crease it was packed with, so the fold from the first event is on show at every event after it.

Pairings that work

Opaque grey-backed cloth in front of glazing or a lit stage. Nothing behind it reads through the image.
A pocket top and bottom with a pole in each, for a banner hung from a ceiling or a rail. The lower pole keeps the cloth hanging straight.
Translucent cloth against a plain or dark wall, where its lighter weight makes it easy to hang and there is nothing behind it to show through.
Rolled storage between events. The banner comes out the way it went in.

Combinations that fail

Translucent cloth over a window. Daylight comes through the print and the window frame reads as a dark grid across the image.
Folding a cloth banner into a box or a bag for transport. The crease is permanent.
Artwork inside the 50 mm band along an eyeletted edge. The eyelet goes straight through it.
A pocket sized to the banner instead of the pole. A 1.5-inch pole will not go into a pocket made for a ¾-inch one.
Expecting grey-backed cloth to read from both sides. It has one printed face and a grey back.

Widths, pockets and poles

A cloth banner is limited by the width of the cloth before anything else, and the limit is narrower than on vinyl. The finished size is stated as width × height in millimetres.

Polyester cloth · 297–1500 mm wide: Both weights, translucent and grey-backed opaque, measured across the finished banner.
Grey-backed polyester banner · 297–1220 mm wide: Eyeletted or trimmed to size.
Waterproof fabric · up to 3000 × 1500 mm: A custom size in either orientation, single-sided, trimmed.
Lightbox fabric · 1000–3000 mm wide: Sized to the visible area of the frame, with 7.5 mm extra all round for the silicone strip.
Pockets · 1.5, 2 or 3 inch: For a ¾-, 1- or 1.5-inch round pole, in that order.
PVC pole · up to 2.9 m: A ¾-inch round pole supplied in the pocket.
Tension fabric backdrop: A framed stretch-fabric wall, specified on its own page rather than here.

Leave each edge to its fixing, and design for the weave

A cloth banner file is an ordinary large-format file with two cloth-specific allowances: room for whichever fixing goes on each edge, and a realistic expectation of how colour sits on a woven face.

The file

Format: PDF/X-4 at the finished size, CMYK, fonts outlined.
Eyelet edge: Keep artwork 50 mm clear of any edge that takes eyelets.
Pocket edge: Keep artwork clear by the depth of the pocket chosen — 1.5, 2 or 3 inches — on any edge that takes one.
Lightbox fabric: Add 7.5 mm all round for the silicone strip, on top of the visible size.
Bleed: 10 mm all round the printed area.
Print only: An order with no edge work keeps a margin of unprinted white; several such copies are printed on one sheet with no cuts between them.

The colour, and the detail

Colour mode: CMYK, with brand colours named as Pantone references so the match can be checked on the cloth.
Translucent cloth: Colour looks lighter when the banner is lit from behind. Judge the proof in the light it will hang in.
Large dark solids: A woven face shows its texture in a big flat dark panel at arm’s length. An image or a pattern hides it.
Reversed type: Very fine rules and small white-out type lose edge sharpness on a weave. Keep them generous.
Cloth beside vinyl: The same artwork on cloth and on a PVC banner will not look identical side by side. Check the brand colour on each.

Say which edges take eyelets, which take pockets and what pole goes in them, and each edge’s clear band comes back stated with the specification, before the artwork is finished.

Turnaround

Printed, then finished one edge at a time

Standard
Standard turnaround is generally 7–14 working days.
Standard orders. The schedule for specialist finishing is confirmed in your quotation.
Express
Same-day and urgent printing available.
Subject to artwork approval, payment, print type and production availability. Timing confirmed per job.

What sets the date: The edge work, side by side. Eyelets are counted and set per edge, pockets are sewn to the pole size, a PVC pole is fitted where one is ordered, and lightbox fabric has its silicone strip sewn round it. Every one of those operations sits within the standard window.
What a reorder skips: The edge decisions. Once the cloth, the pocket size and the eyelet count have been proved on the real rail or pole, a repeat banner is printed to the same figures.
If the date is tight: Send the cloth, the finished size, the fixing on each edge and the pole size, and ask for an express quotation. The quotation from EZ Print sets out the confirmed specification, the production schedule and the next steps.

Where a cloth banner will travel between several events, say so with the order. It is then planned as a rolled item, and the pole length is chosen to suit the transport as well as the rail.

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Questions asked about fabric banners

What is the difference between the two polyester banner cloths?

Weight and light. The lighter cloth is translucent, so light and whatever is behind the banner show through the print. The heavier cloth is opaque with a grey backing, so the background stays hidden. Both are 100% polyester, and both are finished with eyelets or pole pockets.

Can a fabric banner be folded?

Not without marking it. Folding polyester banner cloth leaves a permanent crease, so a fabric banner is stored and carried rolled. Lightbox fabric is the same: a fold damages the print.

How wide can a cloth banner be?

Polyester cloth banners are printed from 297 mm to 1500 mm wide, and the grey-backed polyester banner from 297 mm to 1220 mm. Waterproof fabric is cut to a custom size up to 3000 × 1500 mm. A wider fabric wall is a tension fabric backdrop, which is a framed product with its own page.

What size pole pocket do I need for a fabric banner?

The pocket follows the pole: a 1.5-inch pocket for a ¾-inch round pole, a 2-inch pocket for a 1-inch pole and a 3-inch pocket for a 1.5-inch pole. Pockets go top and bottom or left and right, and a ¾-inch PVC pole up to 2.9 m long can be supplied in the pocket.

How many eyelets does a fabric banner need?

One per metre along each edge is the advised count for cloth. Extra eyelets can be added at a spacing stated in millimetres for each edge. Keep artwork 50 mm clear of any edge that takes eyelets.

Is a fabric banner waterproof?

Standard banner cloth is specified for indoor use. A separate waterproof fabric exists for a fabric look where water is likely; it is printed single-sided to a custom size up to 3000 × 1500 mm and trimmed. A banner fixed outdoors with eyelets is usually PVC.

Why can I see what is behind my fabric banner?

Because it is printed on the translucent cloth, which lets light through. For a banner in front of a window, a lit wall or a busy background, specify the heavier opaque cloth with the grey backing.

What is the difference between a fabric banner and a tension fabric backdrop?

A fabric banner is a printed cloth with its own fixings — eyelets or pole pockets — that ties to or hangs from something else. A tension fabric backdrop is a stretch polyester printed by dye sublimation and pulled over its own aluminium frame, so it stands as a wall without anything to hang from.

Trading since 2017 — EZ PRINT PRIVATE LIMITED, UEN 201706183R.
Need it today? Same-day and express printing for urgent jobs. Subject to artwork approval, payment, print type and production availability. Timing confirmed per job. Non-urgent orders: generally 7–14 working days.
Artwork is checked before production.
Island-wide courier delivery within Singapore.
Collection can be arranged on request.

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Every job is quoted from its specification — stock, quantity, sides, finish, size and deadline.

Quantity
Stock — or the feel you want, if you do not know the stock
Sides printed
Finish
Flat and finished size
The deadline

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Artwork is welcome but not required to start. Email sales@ezprint.com.sg if you would rather attach files.