Not in-house, but shōmi! has the best connections, we got your back!

Wrong, we design our own dies and work with Canadian extruders to make our products.

1 – 10 business days depending on complexity.

Silicone Edge Graphics, basically means a piece of printed fabric that has a rectangular, flexible plastic bead sewn around it. Back in the day, the bead was made from food grade silicone, hence the use of the word. Nowadays, the bead is made from PVC or other secret-composite-stuff because it’s much more cost effective.

Oh, there is so much to know, read on for the basics…

On the topic of backlit SEG light boxes

• A very popular fabric is Samba from Berger Textiles.
• Samba should not be seamed together. It can be, but it will be ugly!
• Common roll width = 126″
• Maximum bleed = 124″ (but ask your printer)
• Speciality print companies may be able to go up to 198″ roll width

On the topic of non backlit SEG frames

• Speciality print companies may be able to print on Stretch fabric using dye sublimation printing (not for back lit).
• This stuff can be seamed together and will not be ugly 🙂 You will see the seam, but it’ll be flat, we promise.
• Common roll width = 126″
• Maximum bleed = 124″ (but ask your printer)

No. But… keep reading.

We will still finish your printed material to the same high standard of quality you’re used to when:

• You purchase any of our hardware products; we will finish your printed material to suit our hardware
• You wish to replace prints on any past purchases of our hardware products.  Please note: if you require us to pull archive files for finishing specs (from 2016 to present) you must provide us with the original shomi! Invoice # or the shomi! Sales Order # or your company’s Purchase Order #.

Here’s the BUT; we will not finish your printed material if:

• You have existing hardware from another manufacturer.
• If your print order does not require hardware such as banners mounted directly to a wall.

The answer is simple. When we don’t make the hardware, we can no longer guarantee that our finishing/sizing will fit as expected.

The variety of fabrics and printing techniques is increasing. Each fabric/printer combination presents a unique challenge.

Printed Fabrics

Printers