The supplier has introduced seven new fabrics, which can all be printed with solvent, latex and UV printers as well as specialist textile dye sublimation machines. 

The new additions include Gull lightweight polyester banner material, designed as an alternative to PVC banners, Leopard mesh material designed for fencing and disguising scaffolding, a glossy Kingfisher material, and a 100% cotton canvas material, designed to give canvas frames and wallpaper a more natural look than some alternatives.

The sign materials supplier launched its All Print Fabrics range at the end of last year. The range then included the Man O War tension display frame fabric, lined flag material Butterfly, and the Red Eye high quality banner material, all polyester materials designed specifically for solvent, latex, and UV printing. 

“Historically printers have outsourced textile work to specialist textile printers, but we want to encourage wide format printers to maintain control and margins by printing it themselves. Everyone craves keeping things in-house,” said Peter Miles, textiles product specialist at APS. 

He added: “Increased demand for soft signage is coming over to the UK; it’s been massive in Europe for a while. Last year saw significant growth and we believe this year will be even better.”

To help those branching out, APS has also launched a Soft Signage Applications Guide, ‘How To – Soft Signage’ videos online, and a Soft Signage Fabrics Swatch.

The latest seven fabrics also herald APS turning its attention back to the traditional dye sublimation technique, explained Miles. 

He said: “We’ve now got a Moth flag fabric which, unlike Butterfly, doesn’t have a liner so can be printed with dye sublimation printers, and our Peacock display fabric for frames is designed for die sub as well as UV and latex. Die sublimation is obviously still a large part of the textile printing market.”

All Print Fabrics cost from 90p to £4-5 sqm and can be ordered by the metre.