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Pop-up canopy tents are widely used for almost any indoor and outdoor activities. They can provide shade while exposing branding messages. Whether it is a marketing event or an outing picnic, there is an option for your demands.  We use the canopy tent a lot on many different occasions, but it is not easy to find one that is budget-saving and of reliable quality. Making sure to check the following things will help you avoid detours.   Canopy Material There are several different canopy fabrics for options, like 300D Poly, 420D Poly, and 600D Poly. The unit denier (D for short) here is used for the fiber thickness of individual threads. Usually, fabrics with higher denier counts tend to be thicker and more durable while those with lower denier counts are softer and silky.  Compared with 600D Poly, 420D Poly is more budget-saving. However, when considering durability, 600D Poly is recommended. Besides the thickness and durability of the fabric, some other things also need t...

 I guess many people know there are 2 printing methods for Display Tents : Silk Screen Printing & Dye-Sublimation Printing. However, most people have no idea of the difference between silk screen printing & dye-sublimation printing or don't know which printing method they should choose. Based on my 10 years’ experience in the advertising textile printing industry, here I summarize some points that you need to know when choosing the printing method for your custom tents. Silk Screen Printing As is well-known, Low Price is the first and direct reason that many people choose silk screen printing. But as the most traditional printing method, it also has some features that might not meet your needs well. The production process is complicated & long, the  PMS color matching is  not flexible, and it would usually have a requirement for Minimum Order Quantity and setting up fee. Therefore Silk Screen Printing is not suitable for small orders for fast delivery and cust...

I guess you have probably heard thousands of times the terms RGB and CMYK in daily working, yet do you really know what they are, when to use and why? When it comes to designing for print, there is a range of things you need to consider that includes the design itself, the type of files, color mode setting, the printing capability of equipment, etc. Among these factors, the color mode acts as a bridge that connects your designs and the final result.   Let’s uncover the basic logic behind color mode choice A golden rule in the printing industry is anything dealing with the web should always be in RGB and printed materials should be in CMYK. In the following, I will briefly explain the reason behind that.   WHAT IS RGB & CMYK? RGB  is an additive process that stands for red, green, blue.The main purpose of the RGB color model is for the sensing, representation, and display of images in computer monitors. However different devices detect or reproduce the same RGB value d...

Whenever we plan to host a marketing campaign or event promotion and attend a trade show or exhibition, we will have a set goal or an expectation of the results for these activities. We hope to expose our brands to the most, attract targeted audiences as many as possible, and the best and ideal result we want to get is to win business. Then with all these expectations, we will try to find an effective trade show display to help us get attention and drive leads. Here I am going to share with you one of the most attention-getting display tools-- tension fabric display . Tension fabric display is regarded as an indispensable display tool for indoor trade show events. Its design is chic and simple. Its frame structure is consisted of several aluminum tubes, with spring buttons, all the tubes can be easily connected. Compared with a traditional pop-up display truss, the tube structure is more economical and more convenient to transport and use. Therefore, some people take it as...

When you want to send out a package, a headache but an important thing you need to consider is how to avoid battered or broken parcels during shipping. After making many stops and shipping for several days, we are not sure whether our goods can be delivered as they are. Then is there any ways to ensure the package arrives as what we intended it to?  Below are some guidelines that may help you safely pack and ship your parcels. First, print or paste “warning” signs outside the box to some fragile or easy to break products. Normally parcels with special signs will be alert to a logistic person to give some special care to these packages. Of course, besides relying on logistic companies, you’d better pay attention to your own packaging, like using quality cartons. Packaging Example   (Photo from CFM)  -- www.china-flag-makers.com Second, if your goods is heavy, corner protection for the box is important and adding a support frame to the corner is reco...

Canopy tent , also called Popup tent, is widely used in all kinds of marketing and outdoor events. From a small roadshow to a national trade show gala and from a football match to a family party, custom printed tents can be easily found on many occasions in our daily life. Though we may use tents from time to time, many people know little about how to judge the quality of the tent and how to purchase a more durable canopy tent. So below is some advice for you to get a quality custom tent by your own. In display and promotional industry, there are many types of tents, and different types of tents are different in hardware, for example, some are made from the aluminum while others steel, some are hex tube while others square tube, and some are with a tube diameter of 40mm while others 50mm. So normally when it comes to choosing a tent, it ostensibly seems that you just need to choose the frame. However, the difference for tents don ’ t just lie in hardware, if you want a durable tent...

In many cases, many people are confused with the terms of direct digital printing and dye sublimation. And “what is the difference between direct digital printing and dye sublimation?” is a common question many people may ask. In fact, both direct digital printing and dye sublimation belong to digital printing. And they are different in the following aspects. Printing Process With direct digital printing, inks are directly printed on the fabric. As the water-based inks are directly soaked into the fabric, the penetration or bleeding is good for direct digital printing. Also, direct digital printing is a one-step process printing, so its printing speed is much faster. Dye sublimation, unlike direct digital printing, is a two-step process printing, namely, two steps are needed when dye sublimation is adopted. The first step is to print the images onto the special paper which is of high ink absorption capability. Then, transfer the printed images from the paper to the fabri...

“ When other conditions being equal, different printers can be adjusted to keep unified colors. ”  a technician told us. However, it is really hard to ensure all the conditions are equal. Equipment of different brands may produce different colors. The new and old print head can result in different colors. Also, different materials even printed with the same machine may present different colors. Then how to keep the color consistent while printing? One of the effective ways is to use the color control systems. There are quite a lot of such systems in the market now. And most of them promise to keep the colors unified for different equipment and different materials. To some extent, the color control system has broken through some limitations for color unity. But while you put this system into use, you will still encounter some problems: First, the auto color transformation is complex, and all artworks should be sent to the headquarter data to analyze and match; Second, c...

Have you ever encountered such a situation: You have the display hardware (e.g. canopy tents or feather flags or table covers ) but you need a replacement with totally new graphic design. Then your search online and find a supplier for the replacement. You place the order, however, when you receive it, it doesn’t fit your hardware at all. Yes, in the display industry, not all hardware is the same. In order to make their products unique and different from that of others, hardware suppliers will make small changes or subtle innovations on their flag poles or tent frames. Therefore if you need to change a hardware supplier, it will be hard for you to find a matching replacement. To solve this pain point, CFM, a company focusing on advertising textile printing for over 15 years, offers customers a matching print service, that is, no matter where you buy your hardware, just tell us the sizes of your hardware, we can make the custom matching print for you.  Login our B2F...