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Custom Printed Shades

Custom Printed Shade Cloth

A Dynamic Solution for Displaying a Photo, Artwork, or Message

Custom Shade Cloth Printing from Mecho offers a unique double-duty shading system that controls solar glare and heat gain while creating a bold, larger-than-life message for your project. Custom Shade Cloth Printing gives you limitless design and messaging opportunities by adding photography, logos, graphics, patterns, or other messaging to our solar or blackout shade cloths.

Thanks to new and improved process a custom printed shade from Mecho can be shipped in as little as six weeks from final art approval. With our easy process, and quick lead-times, the only limit is your imagination! You design it, we’ll print it.


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Why Choose Custom Printed Shade Cloth?

Print Any Image, the Only Limit is Your Imagination!

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Custom Shade Cloth Printing is Mecho's customized, printed shade cloth that allows you to add photography, logos, patterns, artwork, or messaging to most of our shade cloths. Print your company's color or a color that aligns with interior furnishings.

Custom Shade Cloth Printing is a powerful alternative to the standard signage of point-of-purchase and store windows.



Solar Protection with a Message

Custom Shade Cloth Printing put your marketing message front and center to clients, customers, building occupants, and guests. Custom Shade Cloth Printing can be printed with your marketing message in text, graphics, or both.

In addition to solar protection, Custom Shade Cloth Printing is an ideal architectural design element for any commercial application including corporate, healthcare, hospitality, and education environments.

Mecho offers the most comprehensive daylighting and room-darkening solutions available.


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Ideal Applications

  • Signs and Banners
  • Exhibits
  • Architectural Graphics
  • Showrooms
  • Restaurants
  • Conference Centers
  • Room Dividers
  • Organization's logos and branding

Energy Efficient, View-Preserving Shades

Like all Mecho solar shades, Custom-Printed shades provide protection against solar glare and heat gain while preserving valuable outside views. All while providing a dynamic surface for whatever image you can imagine!

Studies have shown that controlled daylight improves building occupant’s overall health, job satisfaction, performance, and well-being. A Mecho shade system with custom-printed shades provides maximum daylight for occupant comfort and productivity while controlling the unwanted effects of solar heat gain and glare. 

Learn More about Biophilic Design Below.

Art Requirements and Recommendations

Art Requirements

  • File type must be either vector (preferred, .eps, .ai, etc.) or high-resolution raster (min. 150 ppi).
  • Raster files must contain full shade opening size.
  • All text must be converted to paths/outlines.
  • File should be 4-color (CMYK) print-ready.
  • File should include 1" of bleed on all sides.

Fabric Recommendations

  • For the sharpest image, print on a blackout or 1% openness shade cloth.
  • Include art placement and orientation notes.
  • Include specific color callouts.
  • Images copied from the internet, scanned images, and screenshots will not be accepted.
  • Check with your sales rep for specific recommendations for your project.

Questions About Your Custom Design?

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Approved, Printable Shade Cloths

  • AcoustiVeil | 0891 White (0–1%)
  • Chelsea | 0251 Chalk (blackout), 0271 Chalk (blackout)
  • Classic | 0701 White (blackout)
  • Distinctive | 0801 White (blackout)
  • EcoGlass | 2801 White (0–1%), 2821 White (blackout)
  • EcoSheer | 6851 Porcelain (1%), 6751 Porcelain (3%)
  • Equinox | 0118 Winter (blackout)
  • EuroTwill | 6451 White (1%)
  • SoHo Elevate | 1181 White (1%), 1681 White (3%)
  • ThermoVeil | 1701 White (1%), 1501 White (3%), 1301 White (5%), 0901 White (0–1%), 1001 White (3%)


Custom Printed Shade Cloth Resources

Contribute to Biophilic Design
With Custom Printed Shades

Biophilic Shade Cloth

Biophilic design goes far beyond green walls (or shades!). In addition to the natural Biophilic properties of shade cloth systems that maximize access to natural light, designs that incorporate organic forms and shapes that simulate the natural world can easily be printed onto our shade cloth. This helps achieve a holistic building approach that enhances the human-nature, inside/outside connections.


What are the Benefits of Biophilic Design?

The reasons to implement biophilic design are solid. Positive impacts have been proven in the areas of health, wellness, productivity, and investments! In the work/office space environments, studies have shown that employees want to go to work more often when the work environment includes a connection to nature. Nature lowers stress, increases engagement, and elevates moods, amongst many other things.


Want to Learn More about Biophilic Design?

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Aspects of Biophilic Design

Biophilic design focuses on the aspects of the natural world that contribute to human health and productivity. At its core, biophilic design is about connecting people with nature in the built environment.

Biophilic design is:

  • Design that supports human habitat
  • Design that connects to place—connects humans to their surroundings
  • Design that engages multiple senses
  • Design that connects humans to life and living things.

INNOVATIVE DESIGN. TRUSTED PERFORMANCE.