Best cloth for a poster

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I am printing a poster for presenting at a conference. I would like to print on cloth so that I can carry it easily in the suitcase.

In many print shops I have to select which cloth exactly to print on. There are many kinds of clothes: satin, canvas, flag, net, etc...

Which material both allows a high printing resolution (so that the details are clearly visible), and remains good-looking after transporting it in a suitcase?

choose a material with a fine weave ie highest number of threads per inch... — Solar Mike, Jul 06 '18 at 07:16
I feel like the print shop is in the best position to advise you on that — Frames Catherine White, Jul 06 '18 at 07:28
@LyndonWhite most print-shops I asked mainly produce posters for advertisement outdoors - the considerations for such posters are quite different than for an academic poster. — Erel Segal-Halevi, Jul 06 '18 at 07:33

Kay · Answer 1 · 2018-07-06T07:41:18.387

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I always use canvas. My experience says it is great to fold, carry and fix in the board. The printing quality is also excellent, even Arial 10-12 point font size looks very clear in the graphs. Moreover you can fold it in any form. I always make a square/rectangular fold and carry it in my backpack. It never erase any printings. Hope this helps.

edited Jul 06 '18 at 07:41

answered Jul 06 '18 at 07:33

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '18 at 05:00

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Polyester that is dense and supports bright colors is great. I've posted a bit about cloth posters here -- see especially the "update" at the bottom, which notes the excellent "performance knit" fabric from Spoonflower.

answered Jul 08 '18 at 05:00

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