Digital Printing-Wide Format - Flatbed

Soon after the University of Nevada, Las Vegas installed its new flatbed printer and contour cutter, the in-plant took on a job requiring the in-plant to produce 600 signs.

The World Bank Group’s in-plant is experiencing a wide-format boom. From wall and floor graphics to rigid signage, customers are coming up with plenty of ideas for new projects. We talked with Wes Troup to hear what’s been happening at this large, leading-edge in-plant.

School districts need printing – but not all of them have in-plants. From perimeter fences for the sports stadiums to weight room graphics and even bus wraps, opportunities abound. Here are some ideas for in-plants looking to insource new work.

Before installing an EFI flatbed printer, the 20-person in-plant team at McMaster University outsourced its wide-format projects. Now, other universities are ordering wide-format printing from the in-plant.

For the seventh consecutive year, PRINTING United Alliance and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) will jointly present the Digital Textile Printing Conference, taking place Dec. 7-8 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham, North Carolina.

It’s easy to get stuck in the signage rut when printing wide-format graphics, but many print service providers are producing some truly eye-catching and unusual work. 

Spelsberg UK, a manufacturer in the electrical industry, has brought printing in-house by installing a flatbed printer to print branding and safety information directly onto junction boxes.

Space was limited, so a small footprint was essential. That’s one thing Richard Beto knew for sure when he started making plans to add flatbed inkjet printing to his in-plant’s portfolio of wide-format equipment at The University of Texas at Austin.

For many wide-format printing projects, graphic installation is an essential, final step between concept and completion — and for good reason. Successful work isn’t just what comes out of the wide-format inkjet device. It also includes wrapping the 2D print onto a car, van, or other vehicle.

As Michigan Farm Bureau Centralized Print and Mail Services prepares to move into a larger facility, the in-plant is also expanding its services with a new flatbed cutter.