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Eco-Poster Installation Guide

Overview

In order to be at this step, you will have already installed the Cable Guides, Wind-Strap, Cable and Clips. Follow the installation instructions exactly as outlined. Installing the posters in a different manner will not allow you to fully tension the poster and will likely result in wrinkles in the poster or some other defect. After you have installed several posters following the instructions exactly and you are confident you can make the system work as intended, then feel free to experiment and adapt the procedure as you see fit.

It is critically important that you familiarize yourself with the proper use of the Corner Clips. Please pay careful attention to the information that follows. All Corner Clips must be fully locked into the poster pockets for the system to function properly.

Poster Installation Kit

• 2 Wind-Strap L-Brackets – These slide into the square anchors on the panel• 1 Wind-Strap• 1 Telescoping Pole with Cable Handler Attachment screwed onto the end of it• 1 Hand Tensioning Tool• 1 Eco-Poster Bag (to carry new poster)• 10 Recycling Bags (to carry old posters to recycling bin)

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Preparation - Practice Installing Corner Clips and Regular Clips into an Eco-Poster

UCorner Clip Installation

The top piece has a latching hook that engages with the plastic tongue (from now on called “insert”) to lock the clip into the poster and provide support when the poster is tensioned.

Before attempting to install a corner clip into the poster pocket, start by familiarizing yourself with the latching mechanism.

Twist the insert to disengage the latch from the insert and twist again to reconnect the two pieces. Hold the insert firmly and pull it away from the latch. Pull and twist so the latch disengages from the insert.

Do this several times before installing your first corner clip.

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Once you are comfortable engaging and disengaging the latch, leave the latch in the disengaged position and insert into the pocket as follows:

1) Insert the tip of the insert into the poster pocket:

2) Pull the latch away from the pocket and slide the clip fully into the pocket:

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3) Latch into the insert through the second pocket slit on the poster:

As another example, please review the sequence below illustrating a corner clip installation of a the bottom, side corner clip into an eco-poster.

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Final important installation note on Corner Clip Installation. Make certain that the Corner Clip latches back to itself AFTER YOU INSTALL it into the pocket.

Relax – This can be a little frustrating at first. Once you get a feel for it, you can do it with your eyes closed.

Important: If the corner clips are NOT latched properly, the installation will fail.

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URegular Clip Installation

The pictures below show a regular clip being inserted into an Eco-Poster pocket.

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Clip Fully Installed

BE SURE TO INSERT THE CLIP FULLY INTO THE POCKET

Note location of pocket. When fully inserted, none of the wire tongue is visible

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Step 1 Install the Wind Strap (if not already installed) Install the wind-strap by first installing the L-Brackets into the side anchors on the left and right. Note the anchor bolts are a poster installation tool and should not be left on the poster panel permanently but rather taken along w/ the wind strap to each new poster removal/installation.

Next, clip the ends of the horizontal and vertical straps into the side anchors and bottom brackets. Note this hardware should have been installed during the initial hardware installation (when the cable guides were installed).

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The picture below demonstrates a fully installed wind-strap, attached in 6 places.

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Step 2 Lower the cable in Preparation for Poster Installation

Your cable may be cinched on the bottom as shown below.

Loosen the cinch completely and attach the ends of the cable to the wind strap as shown below. Be careful not to wedge the doubled over handle loops at either end of strap into the cam.

The ends of cable are connected to the Wind-Strap. Here they are aligned with the inside vertical black Wind-Straps (Some slack in the cable, but not lowered enough for poster installation)

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To allow for the maximum amount of slack, slide each end of the cable across the wind-strap so the end of the cable is aligned with the outside vertical black straps (See close ups below). This will lower

the cable enough to allow you to install the clips in the poster.

The ends of cable are aligned with the outside vertical black Wind-Straps (for Maximum slack)

This is what the cable will look like when it is fully lowered

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Step 3 Unroll the Eco-Poster behind the wind straps

Unroll the Eco-poster starting on the bottom left corner (as you face the poster). Unroll the Eco-Poster from left to right and make sure you unfold it behind the wind straps as pictured below.

Note: Your Eco-Poster will come from Circle Graphics folded correctly to facilitate this installation method. Just remember to start at the bottom left and unfold to the right.

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Step 4 Install Clips into TOP HALF of the Eco-Poster

Install clips in the following order:

1. Corner Clip – Top, Right, Side2. Corner Clip – Top, Right3. Regular Clips – Top, Right, Side (three clips on the upper right side of the poster,

below the corner clip)4. Regular Clips w/ Clip Extenders – Along Top (see illustration on top of next page)5. Corner Clip – Top, Left, Side6. Corner Clip – Top, Left7. Regular Clips – Top, Left, Side (three clips on the upper left side of the poster, below

the corner clip)

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The picture below depicts an installer moving from right to left and inserting the 10 regular clips with clip extenders into the rear pocket of an Eco-Poster.

Step 5 Raise the Cable w/ the Pole and Secure over

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the Five (5) Cable Guides along the top

Using the telescoping pole with cable handler screwed into the tip, secure the cable to all 5 top cable guides, beginning with the cable guide in the middle and working your way out both sides.

There must be two clips between each cable guide along the top.

The picture below illustrates the installer putting the cable over the top middle guide.

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The series of pictures below illustrates the installer putting the cable over the remaining top cable guides along the top. Note how the poster is lifted to within approximately 2 feet of the top of the board at the conclusion of this step.

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Step 6 Raise the poster

Raise the poster by connecting the ends of the cable together at the bottom. Do this by sliding the cable from each side along the Wind-Strap towards the center. The poster will rise as you do this.

Connect the left end of the cable to the cinch strap (which is the other end of the cable, on the right). Make sure the cable is BEHIND THE WIND-STRAP at this point.

DO NOT TENSION AT THIS TIME. JUST ATTACH THE LEFT END OF THE CABLE TO THE END OF THE CINCH STRAP.

The picture above shows what the poster should look like after this step.

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Step 7 Install Clips into the BOTTOM HALF of the Eco-Poster

Install clips in the following order:

8. Corner Clip – Bottom, Right (See close up on next page)9. Regular Clips – Bottom, Right, Side (three clips on the bottom right side, above the

corner clip)10. Corner Clip – Bottom, Right, Side11. Regular Clips – Bottom, Right (four clips along the bottom working from the

bottom right to center)12. Corner Clip – Bottom, Left (See close up on next page)13. Regular Clips – Bottom, Left, Side (three clips on the bottom left side, above the

corner clip)14. Corner Clip – Bottom, Left, Side15. Regular Clips – Bottom, Left (four clips along the bottom working from the bottom

left to center)

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#8 Bottom side of the bottom right corner

#12 Bottom side of the bottom left corner

Install these clips first so you can flip up the bottom of the poster and see what you are doing. If the corner clips on the sides (#10 and #14) installed first, it will be impossible to flip the poster up to monitor the installation of corner clips on the bottom (#8 and #12)

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Step 8 Install Cable around the Upper Cable Guide on Each Side

Now that all clips are in the poster, install the cable over the upper two cable guides on each side (left and right). These guides are depicted by the arrows in the illustration below.

Use the pole to direct the cable around the guide, just below the top two clips. Manually push the cable over the guide in the center of the side.

• There are three side guides on each side, butyou should only need to use the pole to reachthe very top guide on either side.

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Step 9 Tighten the Cinch Strap

1. CENTER & SLIDE: Grab the ends of the cinch strap (before tightening) as shown below andslide it back and forth. By sliding the cable back and forth, you will find that the entire poster willmove easily over the guides. This step is important because it balances the tension around theperimeter and raises the poster. Take this opportunity to “Center” the poster so that an equalamount of space (if any) shows on the left and right sides.

2. Next, pull the cinch snug and make sure the poster doesn’t get stuck under the Corner Cable Guidehardware. Use pole as needed if poster gets stuck under a corner. When you have confirmed thatthe corners of the poster will clear the corner hardware, pull the cinch tight. Pull equally inboth directions for balanced tension.

Here the poster is caught on the Corner Cable Guide hardware

Before you fully tension the cinch, use the pole to position the poster above the Corner Cable Guide hardware

Now the poster is above the hardware, so when you fully tighten the cinch, the poster will cover it

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Step 10 Final Tensioning - Secure the cable over the remaining cable guides along the bottom and the sides.

1. Use the hand tensioning tool (depicted to the right) as needed along thelower left side (two guides), along the bottom, and on the lower right side(two guides).

2. Start from the middle of the bottom and work your way out.

3. At this point you can add more tension to the strap if the poster is not tight enough. Tuck the strapbehind the poster when you finished.

4. Finally, remove the wind-strap by unclipping from the anchor bolts. Also remember to remove theWind-Strap L-Brackets for use on the next panel

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Here’s the Finished Product!

Congratulations!!

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