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Digitel™ is the World's First Lighted Sign that can be Printed Digitally!
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ZeroNine's new Digitel™ material and conductive ribbon by Printexs is the easiest, cheapest, and most beautiful way to make lighted signage. Digitel material is flexible enough to roll up into a tube, thin enough to hang on a wall like a poster, versatile enough to add colors and animation and is also considered the most efficient form of lighting. Combining these advantages with your creativity will result in endless and amazing possiblities.

Digitel™ is unique to traditional Electroluminescent (EL) lights because it isn't screen-printed, and it has never been possible to digitally print them. Now anybody with a Gerber EDGE® printer has the capability to light up their signage! All you need is a Gerber EDGE® printer and our Digitel Graphic Kit!

ZeroNine's Digitel Lighting product line is absolutely the coolest thing that has ever come out of a Gerber EDGE® printer. You can have a custom lighted sign within minutes! At first you may think this isn't possible but using the special Digitel substrate and the special conductive ribbon together and you can make a beautiful light minutes. See the step-by-step instructions here

 

 

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Electroluminescent (EL) technology can be found in many common day-to-day applications like wrist watches, cell phones, night lights, remote controls, POP signage, and even vehicle dashboards. In many situations EL can be substituted for light boxes, LCD, LED, and even Neon lights.

Advantages of Digitel EL lighting:
1.) Digitel consumes very little power and can be lit with a small battery for months at a time.
2.) Digitel is extremely thin and can fit into sleeves or narrow grooves.
3.) Digitel is very flexible and can be rolled into a tube or wrapped around a pillar.
4.) Digitel can be designed on a computer and printed from a digital printer in about 5 minutes.
5.) Digitel can be custom die-cut to fit virtually any area or size.
6.) No soldering is needed with Digitel products. Connections are made using conductive tapes and adhesives.
7.) Digitel ages over time as opposed to dramatic failure or burn out.
8.) Digitel supplies have no known shelf life.
9.) Digitel only ages when the light is ON. To conserve life, flashing 50% of the time will prolong life 50% longer.
10.) Digitel is a consistent and even lighting over the entire lit area with a pleasing color hue.
11.) There are many overlay colors to choose from by using ZeroNine's EL color chart.
12.) Digitel can be printed and designed to animate. We have easy to use software and methods to catch more attention.
13.) Digitel is safer than other lighting methods because it doesn't give off radiant heat.

How Digitel Lighting Works

Our Digitel product line is simple to use and is designed with beginners in mind. All that is needed is our Digitel material and our special conductive thermal transfer ribbon. When the conductive ribbon is printed onto the Digitel material, the reverse side of the material lights up when you apply power to it. It's that simple!

Digitel™ Substrate + Conductive Ribbon = Lighted Graphic

Traditional EL lights are screen-printed and are complex with multiple layers involved that can be confusing. For this reason, only experienced companies in the EL market make these lamps. With our Digitel product line you can make a lamp in less than 5 minutes!

Digitel Lighting Kit

ZeroNine's Graphic Kit consists of the special Digitel substrate material for the Gerber EDGE® printer, the conductive ribbon for the Gerber EDGE®, along with the necessary connectors, an inverter, and a battery to power the sign. All parts of the Digitel Graphic Kit can be purchased individually or added onto if needed.


Digitel™ material is a Printexs product. ZeroNine is an exclusive distributor of Printexs Digitel supplies.