Greenstar Printable Banner Rolls - anyone tried them?

[OWJones 1,981]

I'm looking to order a roll of inexpensive white banner material to mess around with - I am not looking for the best possible product - yet.  Note: I am looking for banner material to put cut vinyl on - I will NOT be printing on it.

 

I checked out the Zen Banner rolls and saw a disclaimer at the bottom that the grommets tend to be uneven and if that is a problem, they suggest using GreenStar banner material.  So I looked for GreenStar banner material and all they have listed is a 15 oz. blackout roll that is nearly 3x the cost of the Zen materials...  Then I did a search for "GreenStar Banner" and found a bunch of different ones in the Printable Vinyl section that are significantly cheaper (a 40 yard roll of 13 oz printable banner material is less expensive than a 25 yard roll of unbranded 10 oz banner material) but I have never laid hands on a printable banner to know if it's an apples-to-apples comparison.

 

How does a 13 oz printable banner compare to a 10 oz banner that says it can be used for cut vinyl and/or printing?

 

Can you even put cut vinyl on a printable banner (I assume you can since the 10 oz rolls say they are for both)?

 

Is there a top and bottom hem on the GreenStar printable material or will I need to worry about taping a hem all the way around?

 

This is another one of those times where the US Cutter website is lacking in any detailed information - they don't even have a picture of the material to see if it is hemmed or not...

[jaybyrd 3,770]

Printable banner is normally not hemmed because of potential head strike due to the thickness of the hemmed area. As for vinyl on them I just did a 3X7 and a 2X6 banner today on printable vinyl. I haven't tried any of the banner that uscutter sells so I can't comment on it.

Jay

[GraphxNMore 282]

Is the reason the cost is 3X higher because it's a bigger roll and you grommet it yourself?

[jaybyrd 3,770]

The hemmed and grommeted  stuff is always way higher. That's why I bought an old sewing machine and the cheap uscutter grommet machine awhile back. As for 10 oz. I won't stock it in the store. It really is for indoor and short term so instead of having to explain to each banner customer the difference I just stock 13 oz. so I feel comfortable with the product that leaves the store. If you do buy a roll of print banner consider the gloss finish as the matte tends to get fingerprints and dirt on it really easily.

 

Jay