Current Article Archives

Beauty in the Streets

Graphics serve many purposes from messaging and branding to bringing art to life. With wide format printing equipment, print providers help translate ideas into reality...

July 29, 2021

2021 Inkjet Wide Format Graphics

2020 was a different year, with downward consequences for this, by some distance, still largest and most fragmented single digital...

July 29, 2021

Printers Over 24 Inches

August 2021 Target Chart

July 29, 2021

Ten Buildings, Seven Days

Congratulations to the first, second, and third place winners of this year’s application of the year awards! Work from Art City Wraps, Premier Graphics Inc., and Sport...

July 29, 2021

Busting World Records

We return to exterior applications, specifically out of home advertising, with the third place winner of this year’s Application of the Year awards. Based out of Indianapolis, IN...

July 29, 2021

Retail Store Beautification

In the first part of this series we profiled the first place winner of this year’s Application of the Year awards, Art City Wraps of Oshkosh, WI. The company was nominated for its work...

July 29, 2021

Art Excitement

Every year we invite our readers to nominate their peers for our Application of the Year awards. This year’s top four winners—first, second, third, and honorable mention—differ in their scope...

July 28, 2021

Printing Goes Soft

Digitally printed textiles continue to have their moment. Smithers’ The Future of Digital Textile Printing to 2023 states that in 2018 the global value in this market...

June 29, 2021

Some Like it Hot

Dye-sublimation (dye-sub) is a popular method for printing on textiles as well as some hard surfaces. Print providers have options for dye-sub, including direct and transfer...

June 29, 2021

Favoring Fabric in Signage

As we venture outside of our homes once again it is no surprise that soft signage is all over—whether directional in nature, sharing important health and safety messaging, or used...

June 29, 2021

Hold Up

From retail and restaurant settings to trucks and trade shows, digitally printed magnets are a versatile application. Print service providers (PSPs) have both printable magnetic...

June 29, 2021

When the Going Gets Tough

The strengths of digital dye-sublimation (dye-sub) printing for fabric are apparent in various markets from traditional print service providers (PSPs) relying on the technology...

June 29, 2021

Printing for Textiles

July 2021 Target Chart

June 29, 2021

Smart Laminators

Print service providers continually demand finishing units to step up to match the functionally offered by the latest print technologies...

June 29, 2021

Improving Ease of Use

As technology advances, equipment becomes more user friendly. Further, options for automation increase. While print providers are accustom to certain bells and whistles on printing equipment...

June 29, 2021

Give it a Glow

Neon and fluorescent inks are one tool wide format print service providers (PSPs) can add to their arsenal to stand out from the competition. While the appetite for these inks is specific, there is a market...

June 29, 2021