Into The Great Wide Open

The future growth is expected to come from an expansion of the business-to-business "professional" segment, with the Internet driving the demand. The ability to capture the vast array of images on the Web and print them on wide-format media has been found to be a major selling point, the firm says.

I.T. Strategies notes that the variety of inks and media (e.g. canvas, Tyvek, silk) available for wide-format output is expanding its applications. Additionally, the increasing quality, durability, and resolution make wide-format printing a compatible output option in the fine art industry, the firm says.