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Hi all,

We're curious if anyone's had experience or can comment on the state  
of the art in large format printing lately.  We're going to be  
getting some medium to large (i.e. room-sized) photo murals  and some  
contour-cut stuff done in the next few months (all of which will end  
up within reach of the public on the museum floor), so we're trying  
to get educated on the current state of the printing world.

Apparently the latest thing is UV curable flatbed printers, which can  
print directly on many substrates.  This is attractive to us  
especially in terms of contour-cut pieces.  However, we'd really like  
to hear real-world reports about this process: does the image  
scratch, flake, spall off the substrate?  any pitfalls in terms of  
substrate choice?  can it stand up to museum visitors?

If you have any comments on this or other large-format printing  
methods, we'd love to hear 'em!

Thanks,
--Allan Ayres


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Allan Ayres
Exhibit Developer
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
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