Printed lane lines, walkway edges and path markers for defining where people and equipment should travel. Use them to lay out a pedestrian walkway across a warehouse floor, split a queue into lanes, mark a keep-left corridor, or route visitors through an unfamiliar building. The advantage over painted lines or plain coloured tape is that these carry your artwork: colour, wording, arrows, icons and branding all print into the lane itself.

Supplied as full-colour printed self-adhesive vinyl, cut to the lengths and widths you give us, on either 3M-40C or 3M-IJ175. Both are opaque white print films made for smooth, hard surfaces. To be clear about what arrives: it is a printed adhesive decal, not a moulded or textured floor tape with a grip surface.

Long runs take the worst of the wear, so a laminate is worth adding. It puts a clear protective layer over the print that absorbs the scuffing from shoes and wheels instead of the ink taking it. Matte reduces reflection under strip lighting; anti-graffiti makes scuff marks easier to clean off. None of the laminate choices is a rated anti-slip surface, so do not specify these where a certified slip-resistance figure is required.

Best on smooth, sealed, dry indoor floors. Carpet is a non-starter. Rough concrete, asphalt and any dusty or recently sealed floor will cause edges to lift, and a lane marker is mostly edge, so it feels that sooner than a solid graphic does. Where a lane crosses a doorway or an expansion joint, expect that section to be the first to go.

Contour cut is available for chevrons, footprints, dashes and other shaped markers rather than continuous rectangular strips.