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We've all seen or placed stickers on things like laptop computers, refrigerators or the ubiquitous car bumper. Vibrant, punchy sticker art on items like skateboards - often called slaps - are everywhere. Stickers and decals are a great way to convey a message, to show loyalty to a brand or band, to promote your own business and much more.

T-shirts and windows and walls, oh my! If you want to make your creative mark you need the right kit. Luckily a new guide from Roland DG shows just how easy it is to grow a business with a vinyl cutter, creating everything from window signage to custom clothing.

Floor graphics are fantastic way to grab attention in a range of environments. Displaying special offers in a shopping centre, directional information in a hospital or transport hub, marking out zones at an exhibition or trade show - floors offer a new dimension.

In a perfect world every print job would run with ease – the third job running the same as the first and the second. However, in reality, problems can – and do – arise, owing to multiple potential factors. But how do you know if the problem is caused by the ink, substrate, equipment or a combination of these?

Face-mounting a print, especially a photograph, can really make the image the focus of the space. At Drytac we have developed Facemount, a high-quality, optically clear mounting adhesive, specifically for this application, but that's not all you need to produce a stunning result.

Print's not dead, they tell us. It's not, but it's a different animal to the one presented by some in the industry, of some kind of lovable but near-extinct fluffy creature that we must all work together to preserve.