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Cold cathode tubes to light a Marquee?
Crowquill:
Any Kinko's that has a Sign & Banner department should have the backlight material. It's $15/sq. ft. Most marquees are going to be 2 square feet. Some classic cabs like mine might actually get away with 1 sq. ft. Officially there is a $25 minimum charge, but that's IF the store knows it or enforces it. If you can't find a store shoot me a PM. Price-wise it might not be much cheaper, but depending on size it might be. One other factor is speed--if you have a local store, then you can usually pick it up in 24-48 hours.
Mamemarquees pricing by size is kind of weird. I was looking up how much it would be to print my CP overlay (11 x 24). The first size that would fit mine will let me print 2.
Sorry to get a bit off-topic. I swear I'm not here to advertise Kinko's ;D
MYX:
Wow, when did MM add tthe ulitmate printing option. That was the only reason I did not get that one printed there because he does a great job.
As to the LEDs, I can not see how 10 LEDs could provide enough light to light a marquee. I think that there is a LED solution, but I think more than 10. My other thought here is that white LEDs are (or used to be) an off shoot from Blue. It used the same element and was somehow altered (sorry been a long time since I read up on it) so you would not get true color on your marquee. Not a big deal for someone with say a monochrome blue and grey background, but if you went full color (which mine was) you need a broad spectrum light source.
But LEDs would have no heat and lots of light.