What makes a backlit scoreboard graphic different from a normal banner?

A backlit graphic is lit from behind rather than from the front. It is printed at a higher ink density on material that diffuses light evenly, so it still reads when the scoreboard is lit at night. A standard graphic lit from behind goes washed out and patchy. The Copley High School scoreboard was printed on backlit self-adhesive vinyl and applied to acrylic panels, finished at 46 inches high by 310 inches wide.

Can a sponsor pay for a school scoreboard graphic?

Commonly, yes. A scoreboard panel is one of the most straightforward sponsorship assets a school district owns, and the sponsoring business gets the most-photographed signage on the property. The Copley High School and Nordonia High School scoreboards were both sponsor-funded.

Does DG Creativ have a walk-in shop in Copley?

No. DG Creativ works out of Stow, Ohio, and the work happens on site. Measurement and installation are done at the customer's location, and quotes and proofs run by phone and email.

Can you install graphics printed by another supplier?

Yes. Installation and project management is offered on its own, including on graphics printed elsewhere. Sending the specification before printing avoids most install problems, which usually come from material choices made earlier.

Sign Company in Copley, Ohio | Scoreboard Graphics & Signs

DG Creativ designs, produces and installs signs, wall graphics, banners, scoreboard panels, window film and vehicle graphics for schools, businesses and municipalities in Copley, Fairlawn and the west side of Akron. We are based in Stow, about twenty minutes east.

Backlit is a different product, and Copley is the example

A scoreboard lit from behind is not a banner with a light on it. A standard graphic is printed to be seen with light falling on the front of it. Put that same graphic over a light box and the ink that looked solid in daylight goes transparent, and you get a washed-out, patchy panel that nobody can read from the far bleachers.

Backlit work is printed at higher ink density on material chosen to diffuse light evenly from behind. It costs more per square foot than a standard banner. It is also the entire difference between a scoreboard that reads at night and one that does not.

Work we have done in Copley

Copley High School scoreboard

The scoreboard at Copley High School needed graphics mounted onto acrylic panels with full backlighting behind them, which ruled out a conventional banner.

Printed on specialized backlit self-adhesive vinyl, at the ink density needed to stay saturated when it is lit from behind.
Applied directly to the acrylic scoreboard panels rather than hung in a frame.
Finished size 46 inches high by 310 inches wide — just under 26 feet across.

The work was commissioned by Akron Children's Hospital as the sponsor. We handled it alongside a second scoreboard at Nordonia High School in Macedonia, where a fifteen-year-old frame the original manufacturer no longer supported had to come out before a new 145 by 255 inch backlit graphic went in. Read the full scoreboard write-up.

Nearby, in Summit County

Copley sits inside the area we cover daily. Within a twenty-mile radius we have completed a full athletic facility build-out at North Royalton High School — contoured Sintra championship signage, a dimensional brushed aluminum DiBond logo on standoffs, 36-foot CNC-cut lettering and BrickWrap graphics on masonry — over 1,200 square feet of wall graphics and banners at the Stow-Munroe Falls Field House, and three years of environmental graphics for Akron Children's Hospital.

What we make and install in Copley

School and athletic facility branding — scoreboard panels, gym walls, record boards, locker rooms, field houses
Backlit scoreboard graphics, stadium banners and mesh fence banners
Wall graphics and murals — including block, brick and other textured surfaces
Window graphics, perforated film and frosted privacy film
Printed acrylic, Sintra and DiBond signage
Wayfinding signage and directories
Floor and sidewalk graphics
Vehicle wraps and fleet graphics
Banners, pole banners and event signage
Installation and project management on graphics produced elsewhere

How a Copley job runs

Measure. We come out and measure the actual frame, wall, window or vehicle. On-site measurement across Northeast Ohio is free. For a scoreboard it is worth the visit, because the old panel has stretched and is no longer the size it started at.
Specify. Surface and lighting decide the material. Backlit, front-lit, block wall, glass and fleet vinyl are four different products.
Proof. You approve artwork at size, with the substrate and finish named on the proof.
Install. Done by us. Scoreboard work usually needs a lift and is not a job for maintenance staff on a ladder.

Common questions

Can a sponsor pay for a scoreboard graphic?
Commonly, yes. A scoreboard panel is one of the most straightforward sponsorship assets a district owns, and the business paying for it gets the most-photographed signage on the property. The Copley and Nordonia scoreboards were both sponsor-funded.

How do we know if our scoreboard is backlit?
If the panel glows from within when the lights are on, it is backlit. If you are not sure, tell us the make of the scoreboard and we will work it out before anything is quoted.

How long does a stadium graphic last in Ohio?
Several seasons. Constant wind and all-day direct sun shorten it, and the usual failure point is the attachment hardware rather than the print — which is why hemming, grommet spacing and reinforced corners matter more than they sound like they should.

Do you have a shop in Copley we can walk into?
No. DG Creativ works out of Stow and the work happens on site. We come to you, measure, and install. Quotes and proofs run by phone and email.

Can you install graphics we bought somewhere else?
Yes. Installation and project management is offered on its own, including on graphics printed by another supplier. It is worth sending us the specification before it is printed — most install problems are material choices made weeks earlier.

Service area

Copley, Fairlawn, Bath, Montrose, Norton, Barberton, Wadsworth, Medina and Akron, and out across Summit, Cuyahoga, Portage, Medina and Stark counties.

Start a Copley project

Tell us the surface, the size and the date. Request a quote, call 330.968.0678, or email sales@dgcreativ.com.