Digital Printing-Wide Format - Flatbed

Last week ISA held its annual International Sign Expo as a virtual event. Here are five things that we learned about the current and future state of the sign and graphics industry.

NAPCO Media, the PRINTING United Alliance, and Wide-Format Impressions announced that Agfa has taken the second keynote sponsorship of the 2021 Wide-Format Summit, to be held at the Hyatt Lost Pines in Austin, Texas, on July 28-30, 2021.

HP will be a keynote sponsor of the 2021 Wide-Format Summit, scheduled to take place at the Hyatt Lost Pines in Austin, Texas, on July 28-30, 2021.

Fayetteville State University’s in-plant prints much more than posters with its flatbed wide-format equipment. In this video, Gary Warren shows some of the unique, eye-catching items his in-plant prints on various substrates and reveals how they were created.

Print service provider bluemedia isn’t a stranger to the Super Bowl. They have worked with the NFL since 2014 on the event, producing and installing graphics for the stadiums, hotels, parties, and other events that surround the league’s biggest annual game.

Though well known for its high-volume offset printing, University of Alabama Printing Services uses a range of wide-format printing and cutting technologies to produce nearly all campus graphics and signage.

With so many print operations turning to signage to keep their businesses afloat during the pandemic, after seeing a significant drop in traditional print, Xanté was poised to provide the solutions they needed.

The flatbed device is a flexible, reliable, entry-level solution capable of printing on a variety of rigid substrates up to 3˝ thick.

Too often, in-plants invest in wide-format printers without a thought as to how those pieces will be finished. In a session on wide-format finishing during the PRINTING United Digital Experience, one in-plant manager stressed how vital his shop's automated cutting equipment has been.

Wide-format printing is a hot topic for in-plants, and the In-plant Forum explored the possibilities in depth. IPI Editor Bob Neubauer talked with two midwestern university managers about the expansion of wide-format printing in their operations, and reviewed examples of some of their innovative wide-format projects.