Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll

Watch as the In-Print 2025 contest judges select the Best of Division winner in the Wide-Format/Specialty Division. 

As wide-format printing grows at in-plants, installation of those graphics is becoming an important value-added service. We talked with Deb Johnson of Hillsdale College about the great experience she had taking the Architectural Films Certification for Windows, Walls, and Floors from PRINTING United Alliance and how it has benefited her in-plant.

EFI is showcasing its newest roll-to-roll, hybrid, and flatbed LED inkjet printers at the FESPA Global Print Expo, May 6-9, 2025 in Berlin.

Educational sessions at this invitation-only event will cover the growing influence of wide-format printing technology, how AI can enhance production workflows, advancements in finishing technology, and more.

While you can control the prepress and the print side of production fairly reliably, installation is a different kind of beast. Every location will be different, with different considerations that can help — or hurt — the process.

Roughly 300 industry professionals converged at the historic Monza Autodromo to gain an expanded view of Roland DG, two recently-released printing systems, and the technological spirit of Formula 1.

Since adding a host of wide-format printing, cutting, laminating, and sewing equipment, Shippensburg University’s small in-plant has discovered a whole new world of opportunities.

While at a recent IPMA Road Show, IPI Editor Bob Neubauer caught up with Mario Carmona, associate director of the University of California, San Francisco's in-plant to learn how the installation of new wide-format printing and contour cutting equipment has opened up opportunities. 

From high-speed printers to substrates and cutters, the Expo offers a comprehensive look at the products shaping wide-format.

In-plant printers that offer window graphics can help customers – both internal and external – stand out and make a lasting impact.