Wide-Format Printing — Sizing Up a New Market

“The job became very frustrating in terms of getting the product produced,” Stewart says. “We decided to see if we could bring the capability in-house. We’re now on our fourth generation of large-format graphic output devices.”

Solvent-based ink-jet machines, including an Océ Arizona and a 10.5-foot-wide Chinese machine it calls Hercules, are the department’s workhorses. It also has a couple of water-based Epson printers for indoor, photo-realistic image work.