Printing Supplies and Technologies

Today, no matter where you go, there is probably something that has been printed with a wide-format inkjet device. Potential applications include indoor and outdoor signage, packaging, mobile advertising, art, wallpaper, and point-of-purchase displays. Inkjet devices can produce wide-format prints for short or medium length runs in a cost effective way. Combining this with a wide range of substrates, the ability to tile the prints to increase the image size, and the potential to customize images has made wide-format inkjet a popular technology.

Wide-format inkjet works by firing ink through print heads onto a substrate. Each print head consists of hundreds of nozzles that can be based on thermal, piezo electric, or continuous inkjet head technology. The ink is then cured via oxidization, heat, or UV (lamps or LED arrays).

The devices are available in either roll, flatbed, or a combination of the two producing prints on paper, board, and plastic up to thick substrates such as glass, tiles, and wood.

There are many types of inks available today, each with different capabilities, which are identified below. Inkjet technology makes it possible for device manufacturers to add print heads, allowing for more colors and the inclusion of white and metallic inks.

Media and applications

Banners, Signs, Posters, Billboards

Wrap Graphics (outdoor car stickers, vehicle wraps, car wraps, vehicle packages)

Backlit signage(Backlit bus shelter), Corridor light box advertising

Decals, labels, stickers

Wall coverings (wallpaper, murals, wall graphics)

Point-of-sale displays, Tradeshow graphics

Airport Branding Backdrops

Floor Graphics

Building Drop Downs

Window display

Store, subway station, bus station advertising

Fine Art (produced by the eco solvent printer, owing to high precision demanded).

Heat transfer graphics for mugs, t-shirts, coasters…(created by the eco solvent printer printing on heat transfer vinyl).