Graphic Arts Magazine Wide-Format Guide 2019 | Page 3

Wide Format Guide 2019/2020 CONTENTS 4 Message from the publisher 4 Message from the editor 5 The growth of wide-format technology: Seven impactful trends to watch 8 Agfa Case Study: The Essential Image’s impressive transformation to wide-format inkjet 10 Achieving bottom-line success: How changing wide-format technology is driving business innovation 12 Questions to ask before adding wide-format to your product mix 14 Wide-format inkjet technology: The basics 18 Five key design considerations for wide-format 22 Drafting Clinic Industry Profile / Case Study: Contex HD Ultra X Series continues to attract new clients 23 Wide-format ‘niche-market’ opportunities 28 How today’s new technology is creating new business models in the graphic arts industry 30 XLprints Industry Profile: Client partnerships at the core of massive growth 32 Wide-format substrates: Print on virtually anything with inkjet 33 Reduced costs of wide-format equipment spur Toronto printer to re-enter market • Outside Toronto: 1-877-513-3999 34 A great finish: Print-finishing priorities • E-mail: [email protected] 37 A special thank you to our sponsors • Website: www.graphicartsmag.com 38 Ricoh Case Study: Gam takes wide-format services to unprecedented levels PUBLISHER DESIGNER Joe Mulcahy Edward Gorodkine EDITOR OPERATIONS Alec G. Couckuyt Ryan Mulcahy ASSISTANT EDITOR PRODUCTION Tony Curcio Maureen O’Sullivan COPY EDITOR DIGITAL MARKETING Paul Phillips Gregory Turner This Wide-Format Guide 2019/2020 is produced by which is published 10 times a year by B.K.L.K Incorporated, 17-17817 Leslie Street, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 8C6 • Phone: [phone] • Fax: [phone] WIDE-FORMAT GUIDE 2019/2020 | GRAPHIC ARTS 3