Friday, March 24, 2006
Now, Printing Services can meet all signage needs
 A new, high quality, wide-format poster printer will allow Printing Services to meet the signage needs of the University community on campus. Leslie Parker, director of Printing Services, said, "We have added this new service in response to the growing number of requests for wide-format projects. We have been outsourcing more and more in recent years, and are confident the need for this service will grow even greater once the University community realizes we have this capability right here on campus. As with other areas of the department, we are most comfortable when managing quality control in-house." After Instructional Technology discontinued poster printing in fall 2005, Printing Services wanted to continue that service for the University, but had to outsource jobs that were greater in size than 13 inches by 19 inches. “Now we’ll be able to do it all here,” said Chris Norrick, senior graphic artist. “We’re going to be less expensive than outsourcing, but higher quality. This printer creates photo-quality prints at 2800 dots per inch , and that’s top of the line.” The Epson 9800 will print up to 44 inches wide on rolls up to 100 feet long, on photo-quality papers in standard and heavy weights, and vinyl banner material (with optional grommets). Printed adhesive vinyl can be applied to corrugated plastic yard signs (with optional metal sign frames). A wide-format heat laminator also was purchased, which will allow Printing Services to laminate up to 40 inches wide. Both gloss and matte finishes will be available, as will peel and stick laminates. The laminator also will enable Printing Services to mount prints on foam core signage. In the past, posters were printed off of a color copier at 600 dots per inch, in four-color process. The new printer has eight-color process. “It extends the gamut of the color it can reproduce,” Norrick said. Printing Services’ graphic artists will continue to custom design projects, but clients also will have the option to choose from templates on the Printing Services Web page, in order to speed up the turnaround time for basic designs. Pricing will be posted on the Web site, or estimates can be provided upon request. If your department or organization needs to promote an event, create a display for a conference, or requires other promotional materials, contact Printing Services at 812/464-1954. “If someone has a specialty project, they should contact us and we can likely meet their needs,” Norrick said. |
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