About Us
George Bennett started his first sign painting business, Bennett Signs, in 1956. George moved the business from it’s first location (where a bank is now), to it’s current location at 12 Brock Street in 1963. In July 1971 George hired Wayne Wright, a sign painter from Aylmer, Ontario. They worked together until December of 1992, when Wayne offered to purchase the business from George. Bennett Signs still hand painted signs when Wayne purchased the business. Wayne decided to change the business. He purchased his first computer and vinyl cutter in 1993 and gradually switched from hand painting signs to doing vinyl cut lettering and graphics. The only signs that we still paint by hand are sandblasted cedar.
In 2004 it was time for another update. We purchased our first large format printer/cutter and laminator. It was a 30″ Roland Versacamm. This new equipment allowed us to offer our customer a wide range of full colour graphics are adhesive vinyl, banner material, and canvas. We quickly outgrew the printer and upgraded in 2006 with a 54″ Roland Pro II V printer/cutter, and a new 54″ Seal laminator. In addition to providing large format printing and vinyl cutting, we also offer custom routing and engraving, screen printing, dimensional letters and graphics, sandblasted cedar signs, and much more.
File Requirements (Vinyl)
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We have our own experienced graphic designer on site to work with you designing your artwork. If you choose to use another designer or want to provide your own artwork we ask that you please follow the guidelines below.
- AI, CDR, Vector PDF or EPS files
- All fonts converted to outlines or graphics
- Strokes must be converted to graphics or paths
- All graphics must be embedded (not linked)
- Create all artwork to scale or actual size
- All graphics must be welded / trapped
- InDesign files (Speak with our designer first)
- AI, CDR, PDF or EPS files
- JPG, TIF, and PSD files
- All fonts converted to outlines or graphics
- Photos (At highest DPI setting)
- Bitmaps (At 150DPI or higher)
- Create all artwork to scale or actual size
- InDesign files (Speak with our designer first)
- Low resolution images
- Photos or Images taken from websites
- Quark Xpress files
- Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or Publisher files
- Other office software files Providing files not suitable for production may result in artwork fees. Please contact us if you have any questions about filetypes, artwork, or if you would like to schedule a time to meet with our design for a consultation.
File Requirements (Printing)
Files We Do Not Accept