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Very large format printing

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Posted by Evan Anderman on March 28, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Hey, thought I would shout out to you guys to see who would be able to print out to 6 ft x 6 ft? Is that even possible? I talked with Reed and obviously the lightjet only goes to 4 ft, so they said they could do it in two parts but she was kind of fuzzy on how to mount it. How do people go larger than that?

BTW, I did search the forum for this but didn't find anything obvious.

Thanks!
Posted by Mel Ladewig on March 28, 2008 at 6:16 PM
The Epson 11880 and equivalent Canon print to 60".

I don't know what would print wider than that, but I'm sure there is a solution.
Posted by Les Barstow on March 28, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Above 60" you're probably limited to either mounting multiple strips together or commercial press technologies.
Posted by VINCE(COLORADO) on March 28, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Evan,

I have two printer options you can choose from. One will print 5'x10' on any substrate less than 2" thick. The other will print 64" wide by pretty much any length.

Send me a note if you are interested.

Vince
Posted by Grant Collier on March 28, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Duggal in New York prints with inkjet or Lightjet up to 6' wide (most Lightjets are 4', but they do make 6'). However, in my experience, their customer service is horrible. I don't think anyone in Colorado prints that big, so you'd probably be looking at some place like L.A. or New York to get prints this size. If you find any place other than Duggal, I'd be curious to know.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on March 28, 2008 at 11:46 PM
There's also Duggal(sp?) out of NYC. I've heard they can print to some rather large sizes and have the commercial press capability.
Posted by Evan Anderman on March 29, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Thanks, this helps immensely, especially Duggal in NYC, it is amazing they can print 16 ft by 100 ft! I'm learning a lot here.
Posted by Tim Mulholland on March 29, 2008 at 2:09 PM
It seems that you could try any number of graphics printers, but I don't know what quality level you're after...

http://www.gbpinc.com/
Posted by Paul D deBerjeois on March 30, 2008 at 2:18 PM
I use this source all the time for posters and panoramas. Quality and responsiveness is excellent. They advertise up to 72"...

http://perfectposters.com/index.htm