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Hi Allan,

A recent children's art museum exhibition I designed and developed afforded
me the opportunity to use "direct to substrate" printing on pieces for
hand-on interactives and wall-mounted graphics.  I deliberately tried
different types and thicknesses of MDO, Sintra, Foamboard, and Gatorboard.

You can see images via my Flickr page: <
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_orselli_workshop/sets/72157607497981599/>

The short story is, I'm sold!  The quality is great and it holds up to many,
many hands.

In addition, there are more and more "green" substrate options available,
and overall, the entire "direct to substrate" process is greener than many
other printing options.

Of course, much of this depends on the printer you work with!

Feel free to contact me off-list if you have additional questions.


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Paul Orselli Workshop (POW!)
1684 Victoria Street
Baldwin, NY  11510

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<http://www.orselli.net>

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Exhibit tips, tricks, and news at the ExhibiTricks blog!
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Allan Ayres <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> 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.
>
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