Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll

When a newer or less mainstream printed product proves to be too difficult for your team to sell, perhaps the best tactic is to try giving it away first. That proved to be the case for Beeline and Blue, a wide-format printing and graphics specialist based in Des Moines, IA.

If your printing operation has not yet discovered the benefits of wide-format printing, you're missing a significant opportunity. In the "Seize the Wide-Format Advantage" Webinar recently presented by Printing Impressions and In-plant Graphics, and sponsored by Canon Solutions America, registrants learned about various wide-format technologies that are available today, along with ideas for new applications that can be produced with them.

Lowen Color Graphics of Hutchinson, KS, is producing and installing vehicle graphics on USPS trucks in major urban centers. Each driver side vehicle graphic features a dynamic image of Spider-Man with corresponding vehicle markings.

Identity Brand of Las Vegas, has teamed up with Wayde King and Brett Raymer, owners of Acrylic Tank Manufacturing and hosts of the Animal Planet series “Tanked,” to create a wrapped vehicle for Toyota with a fully functional 800-gallon saltwater fish tank custom-fitted within the rear seat and cargo area.

The Joseph Merritt Co. of Hartford, CT, has announced the move of its grand-format printing division, Merritt Graphics Big Color, to a new 27,000-square-foot facility at Prestige Park Road in East Hartford, CT. The new location will suit the continued expansion of Big Color printing capabilities and product offerings.

The Garvey Group has installed a new EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro UV inkjet press at its Los Angeles production facility. The new high-volume press gives The Garvey Group the increased capacity to meet growing entertainment and national retailer demand for premium, point-of-purchase (POP) signage, and strengthens its service capabilities in high-end indoor and outdoor promotional graphics for Hollywood TV and film studios.

Join In-plant Graphics Editor Bob Neubauer and a panel of industry veterans on March 20, at 2:00pm, for the "Seize the Wide-format Advantage" webinar sponsored by Canon Solutions America.

imagiNATION 2014, a one-day inkjet user conference hosted by Roland DGA, is designed to inspire, educate and empower Roland inkjet printer owners and operators. The event will be co-located with the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) Expo, on Oct. 21, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Canon Solutions America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A, explores eight key factors to consider that can add increased risk to purchasing a used wide-format printer in today’s complex digital world.

Potential for wide-format growth and profitability increases with advances in digital wide format technology and new customer demands.