All You Need to Know About Indoor Lightboxes

1/20/2017

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Light Up Your Image with Lightbox Signs

A lightbox is a perfect alternative for any business wanting to brighten up their image. Company signs such as simple letters or full-color graphics can be illuminated easily with the help of special printing technologies and backlit materials. Lightbox signs are ideal for businesses that regularly change the promotional artwork. Just open up the lightbox face and replace the artwork with a new design.

What is a Lightbox?

A lightbox is composed of an outer frame and internal lighting source designed to illuminate a graphic from behind. With the help of a fluorescent lightbox, a white acrylic diffuser sheet is placed over the lighting source, then the graphic and cover sheet. The graphic can be placed directly on a built-in etched acrylic panel illuminated by LEDs, followed by the cover sheet. They can also have an edge-lit or backlit lighting source.

What's the Difference Between LED Lightboxes and Fluorescent?

LED lightboxes use light-emitting diodes, a kind of semiconductor, for the lighting source. Fluorescent tube lamps are the lighting source of fluorescent lightboxes.

LED lightboxes are very energy-efficient - lasting up to 100,000 hours - and can be made in ultra-slim sizes less than one inch thick. The maximum size for one of our LED lightboxes is 72"x 120". They are also available in thinner depths than fluorescent lightboxes.

Fluorescent lightboxes are more economical than LED models and can be made in very large sizes up to 36 feet in length.

What Style of Lightbox Should I Buy?

There are several considerations when choosing a lightbox: installation site, the application, graphic size, and aesthetics. Choosing the best lightbox depends on a variety of factors.

Fortunately, at Signs by Tomorrow, experts are waiting to happily answer any questions you have to help you pick the correct one. To see more indoor lightboxes, visit our Inspiration Gallery.