Inexpensive Banners for Your Booth

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Permalink Reply by Jan Raven on June 19, 2010 at 10:36pm

Thank you for this work! I just got my new jury photos, so will be getting new banners very soon. Does one need to be a member of Sam's Club in order to use their photographic printing services?

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on June 19, 2010 at 10:43pm

Sam's Club and Costco are both membership clubs. But you can probably get a one day pass at the service counter, or use someone else's membership card.

I've been able to upload to Costco's and make arrangements for non members to pick up the prints.

Larry Berman
Digital Jury Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Sholund on June 22, 2010 at 7:32am

Useful, useful useful! Thanks for sharing this. I have touched on the topic of good photos and that you can use them to your advantage in your booth, but never go in depth on who to go with, sizes, or how to mount and display them. I can now refer them to this post if they want further info. Thanks so much for sharing! - Michelle, By the Bay Botanicals

P.S. I have to update my own photos so I plan on using this advice myself!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Raven on July 16, 2010 at 8:24pm

Larry,

I followed your formatting instructions exactly and gave a flash drive of the files to a friend with a Sam's Club account. Both the in-store and online system say that the files cannot be printed; they are too big and need to be cropped (and she did double-check that she was requesting 20x30 poster size). Have you heard of this problem? Any suggestions?

Jan

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on July 16, 2010 at 8:32pm

Sam's has file size limitations well under what's needed for a 20x30 print. But you can hand your CD or memory card to the employee working at the machine to load your picture directly into the computer connected to the printer, not through the console that the customer has access to. I don't know if they have a USB port so I'd use a CD or compact flash card for the high resolution JPEG. They had no problem loading a 15 megabyte file for me that the customer console wouldn't even open.

Larry Berman
Digital Jury Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by Jan Raven on July 16, 2010 at 8:36pm

Thank you! I'll see if my friend can burn a CD, otherwise I'll have to wait a few weeks. I can't wait for my new booth shot with new tables and photos!

Larry Berman said:

Sam's has file size limitations well under what's needed for a 20x30 print. But you can hand your CD or memory card to the employee working at the machine to load your picture directly into the computer connected to the printer, not through the console that the customer has access to. I don't know if they have a USB port so I'd use a CD or compact flash card for the high resolution JPEG. They had no problem loading a 15 megabyte file for me that the customer console wouldn't even open.

Larry Berman
Digital Jury Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on July 16, 2010 at 8:48pm

You can upload the high rez file to Costco. They don't have the same file size limitations as Sam's does.

Larry Berman
Digital Jury Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by Jan Raven on August 19, 2010 at 7:45pm

I have to provide some feedback. Larry Berman was a great help in getting my photos uploaded to my local Costco (none of my friends are members) and the actual prints are beautiful. I bought the recommended hanging system from Frame Destination, and while the concept is fine, the clear bags provided are AWFUL. I DO NOT recommend getting them!! The bags start out relatively crisp but after one day there are huge wrinkles in the plastic and they look just terrible when hung!! I had my booth professionally photographed today and my photographer (Larry Sanders) is going to have to use Photoshop to cover my new posters with small versions of the real photos (thank goodness he also took those and has them on hand). Use Costco to get nice inexpensive prints for posters, but for goodness sakes, don't buy the clear bag hanging system!!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Rogers on August 20, 2010 at 10:03am

Hi Jan, as you can imagine I am very disappointed to hear this. I know that the clearbags are not going to be close to nice frame or professional laminated gatorboard but the hope that was for 1/10 the cost, they would provide something that was better than a blank wall. Lots of people are using the clearbags to display photographs for sale in art bins. I am curious if since they are being hung that is causing the bag to look worse than when placed in a bin. Jan, since you are selling jewelry I assume you have not used the clearbags in bins. Has anyone else used the clearbags in bins and tried to hang them? If this just doesn't work then I will need to pull this product.

Mark Rogers
Frame Destination, Inc.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on August 20, 2010 at 10:21am

After reading Jan's post last night I hung my test print on a Pro Panel outside overnight thinking that maybe the humidity might be causing the wrinkles in the bag. I just brought it in and it doesn't appear to be much different than it did last night.

I wonder if oversized foam core might make the difference because the bag won't have the extra room to wrinkle? Or maybe using a hair dryer to shrink the plastic?

Still trying to keep the solution inexpensive and easy...

Larry Berman
Digital J u r y Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Rogers on August 20, 2010 at 11:09am

I took our test print in and hung it in our receiving dock are which is not air conditioned. Humidity is typical Dallas levels and the temp is well over 100 degrees. I will check it in a few days.

Mark Rogers
Frame Destination, Inc.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Raven on August 20, 2010 at 11:21am

I very much want this to work! Can I shrink the plastic with a hair dryer? I have to live with it this weekend (Milwaukee Domes starts at noon today!), but when I get home I'll see what kind of adjustments can help (shrinking or adding more foamcore or cardboard to fill the bag). When I assembled everything the night before, they looked fine. I wrapped my three posters in the bubble wrap and they lie flat in my pickup. I'm sure they got hot during the 6 hour drive out yesterday. The posters hung overnight in my booth, where it is hot and on lush grass, so I'll get to see how they handled the humidity very soon.

Another thing which would help people like me who don't usually hang artwork: where should I place the sticky hangers? Is there an optimal location for 20 x 30 (or 30 x 20)? I just guessed on how many inches down from the top.

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