Lately, a slimline light panel has enjoyed popularity in an outdoor advertising market. Generally a light panel product consists of a frame, CCFL(Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) and a light guide plate. With its changeable screen, a light panel has developed in a variety of areas including decoration, illumination and advertising applications. It is eating into our lives, expanding its application into a wider market

A Variety of Applications
P.O.P. display (point of purchase) is literally an advertisement that has an immediate effect on the decision of purchasing a product. Lighting panel includes a light source for emitting a light, and a light guide plate made of light-transmittable acrylic resin, the light source located on one side of the light guide plate. The light guide plate is provided on one side thereof with a desired pattern of grooves to guide an optical path and scattering of the light emitted from the light source. For effective promotion activity, diverse products are used in an outdoor advertising market. Amongst them, a lightweight and slimline light panel has been spotlighted as P.O.P. displays. As CCFLs have been introduced into an outdoor advertising market, a light panel has been more slimline. A light panel with CCFL consumes less electricity, enjoys a longer life and works efficiently in limited space. Additionally, a digital printed graphic film can be put between an acrylic panel and a light guide plate without any tools. That is why a light panel has recently a wider application. Unlike a conventional P.O.P. display, a light panel is stylish and modern enough to match well with high-class retail stores.

Simple Make-Up
As for a light fixture, CCFLs are installed at all sides of light panel, and a light guide plate evenly converges to the center of a panel. CCFLs, which are applied onto LCD, PDA and a scanner, are essential part to a light panel. The existing fluorescent lamp is HCFC(Hot Cathode Florescent Lamp), which emits light though generating electricity with a positive and negative filaments. And while it is impossible to make the structure of an electrode smaller with HCFL, CCFLs without a filament makes it possible thin and slimlin. CCFLs consume less electricity and its lifespan is eight times longer. In addition, its brightness helps to show digital printing graphics intensely and accurately to an audience. A light panel incorporating into 2.2~3mm CCFLs in diameter is in perfect harmony with the environment of a designated site. Another core part is a light guide plate that guides lights from CCFLs to the center of a panel. Consequently, the intensity and brightness of an edge-light system is determined according to the technology of manufacturing a light guide plate. Most importantly, how to achieve diffused reflection is critical to construct a light guide panel because lights from CCFLs should be evenly released to the center of a panel

New Products Available
The traditional display system on a round column at subway stations was not effective and unpleasant to the eyes, however a super-slimline light panel abides by a sign code that a display system must not be more than 45mm projected from a wall. Now, the biggest size of a light panel available is 1,200*2,640mm and any size can be produced in this size. Also, many types of a light panel are available. Before, there was a troublesomeness of bolting and driving a nail in installing a light panel. A variety of products are being released from hatch-type, snap open-type, to one touch ?type for easy change of graphics. The light panel's exterior frame is available in rustproof and durable lightweight aluminum, as well as in completely transparent acrylic. Screen loading can be done in a few minutes. A graphic display system can be freestanding, hung from a ceiling, or mounted on the wall to meet specific promotional purposes. A Light Panel can be used in performing different functions, including exhibitions, design systems, indoor advertising, P. O. P., fancy items, interior lighting, and film screenings. As mentioned above, the demand for a light panel has been increased, and a great number of manufacturers have been releasing a variety of user-friendly and state-of-the-art systems.