Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll

The Wide-format Summit 2022 kicked off on Monday night. The invitation-only event brought together 52 attendees and 24 sponsors, a growth of 25% over the inaugural event held last summer.

For the second year, the Wide-format Summit is slated to be an exciting networking and learning opportunity for printers from across the country. The agenda is packed with educational sessions and inspiring keynote speakers.

The Richard Childress Racing (RCR) team has developed new-for-2022 wrap designs for its NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series race cars – all printed by RCR Graphics Center wrap technicians on the facility’s new Roland DG TrueVIS Series wide-format printer/cutters.

Canon's Fluorescent Color Impact Study captures the allure of fluorescent colors and validates consumers' overwhelming support of the use of bright, bold colors on a range of printed materials.

PRINTING United Alliance released the first glimpse of the 2022 Wide-format Summit event program. The Wide-format Summit is taking place July 25-27 at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

In March I flew to Kansas City for the judging of the In-Print 2022 contest. Though overall entries were down, wide-format inkjet entries remained strong. That's in line with new IPI research, which shows that 81% of in-plants provide wide-format printing services, up from 77% two years ago.

Mimaki’s Innovation Days allowed the company to updat the world on its latest technologies and where it sees the market going.

Roland DGA has announced the launch of its third-generation of state-of-the-art inkjets – the TrueVIS VG3 and SG3 series large-format printer/cutters – engineered for even greater image quality, productivity, and ease of use.

The 330 Series incorporates “Mimaki Weaving Dot Technology,” a printing technology that changes the order of ink droplet placement depending on printing conditions. This suppresses the unexpected occurrence of streaks or uneven printing.

Wide-format printers view 2022 with a mix of optimism and realism. They expect to grow and see opportunity in a broad range of products. But they also expect supply shortages and labor shortages.