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Display Company Checklist | Is my vendor really a graphics facility?

What makes a company a display company? View or print the following Adobe Acrobat* document and use it as a check list for analyzing a facility, or reference the list below.


  • Packaging
  • Displays
  • Retail level graphics
    • Direct Flexo Print
      • Number of colors per pass
      • Dryers on press
      • Can print on clay coated stock
      • Computerized ink control system
        • CIELAB check
        • Spectrophotometer check
        • Densitometer check
        • Results in graph form
        • Approved light table
      • In-house color sampling
      • Manufacturers ink in-house
      • Flexo process printing
        • Anilox roll maximum
        • Line Screen maximum (roughly 1/4th of anilox)
      • Varnish print
      • UV Coating
      • Anilox library
      • Traps less than 1/32" (the smaller the number the better)
      • Traps greater than 1/32"
      • Press redundancy
    • Label lamination
      • Lamination redundancy
    • Singleface lamination
    • Pre-printed linerboard
  • Design facility in-house
    • 3D CAD system
    • 3D with animation
    • Plotter table(s)
    • Number of plotter tables
    • Number of structural designers
    • Number of graphic designers
    • Full color mockups
  • Simulated ship testing in-house
  • Can die cut with matrix scores in-house
  • Large platen size flat bed die cutting in-house (45 x 60 or greater)
  • Die cutting redundancy-Flat
  • Die cutting redundancy-Rotary
  • Specialty folder gluer
  • ISO 9001 certified (attach a copy of the certification)
  • Dedicated Project Manager for displays

  *Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat.

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