Wide-format Printing

A discussion of the current state of supply chain disruptions for media products used in wide-format digital printing.

The pandemic propelled wide-format printing into the spotlight. Businesses had to put up signage enforcing mask mandates, explaining new order-pickup procedures, depicting current employee safety measures, or even just showing the general public that they were open...

Windows present valuable real estate for retailers and brands to showcase products, create impressions, and entice customers. In turn, they are a valuable market for print service providers for producing graphics and displays that help brands achieve their unique visions and needs through the range of capabilities enabled by wide-format printing...

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. But 2021 wasn’t an ordinary year, and while the game did...

Epson introduced the SureColor V7000—its first UV flatbed printer designed for printing high -quality outdoor signage, promotional goods and more. Delivering bright, colorful, tactile prints with low graininess and smooth gradation, the ultra-productive SureColor...

When the MLB season finally started this summer, the empty stadiums were a little eerie, and home runs just didn’t have that same appeal as usual. So teams found a way to not only put “fans” in seats, but also make back some money they were losing from playing behind closed doors. The Seattle Mariners were one of the first teams to try this out, and worked with a local display...

As the economy continues to reopen, businesses are looking for ways to keep employees and customers safe, and wide-format printing has played a major role in socially distancing people at least 6 feet apart in what were formerly crowded spaces...

As businesses scramble to reopen, signage has played a major role in helping them to announce their reopening and various COVID-19-related safety messaging, and with some schools returning to in-person instruction, the heightened demand...

While it has been a difficult beginning of the year for many businesses, innovative printers are finding ways to adapt to help their clients. Wholesale trade printer SinaLite recently introduced two timely new products to its selection to help the print community: social distancing floor graphics, and health and hygiene decals...

From vehicle wraps to outdoor store signage, there is no shortage of wide-format products on display. We are constantly being directed, both consciously and subconsciously, to company advertisements and other calls to action thanks to these products, and they continue to remain a huge power player in the print world...