| When you are in the market for wide-format printers, | | | | 5. Mimaki. Mimaki is a Japanese printer manufacturer |
| whether for business or for personal use, which printer | | | | that truly specializes on wide-format printers. The |
| manufacturers should you turn to in order to find the | | | | company's printers are not for entry-level users but |
| kind of printer that you want? Here are nine of the top | | | | are rather for professionals, such as artists and |
| companies in the printing industry that produce | | | | photographers who want to create their own printouts. |
| wide-format printers. | | | | The Mimaki brand of printers is also known in their |
| 1. Canon. Canon is already one of the leading | | | | versatility in that the models can use almost any kind |
| manufacturers of desktop printers and other similar | | | | of printer ink without displaying a lot of problems. |
| equipment. For the wide-format printer arena, it offers | | | | 6. Mutoh. Mutoh is another printer manufacturer that |
| the imagePROGRAF line of printers, with the 5-color | | | | fully focuses on providing commercial wide-format |
| printers for general and technical printing and the | | | | printers. The printers that Mutoh provides can work |
| 12-color printers for the creation of digital photos and | | | | with different kinds of printer inks such as solvent and |
| fine art. Sizes vary from 17 inches to 60 inches. | | | | water-based ink, as well as with different kinds of |
| 2. Epson. Epson's line of wide-format printers is called | | | | printing technologies like direct textile printing, dye |
| the Epson Stylus Pro. These printer models come in | | | | sublimation and UV curing. |
| compact sizes 17 inches wide, as well as in 64 inches. | | | | 7. Oce. For high-speed solutions to commercial printing |
| These printer models are mostly for creating signage | | | | needs, Oce has a number of products available for |
| and digital photo prints. Epson also has solvent printer | | | | monochrome and color CADD printing, as well as for |
| models. | | | | monochrome and color graphics and photo printing. |
| 3. Hewlett-Packard. HP is a major player in the | | | | 8. Roland. Roland also specializes in various |
| wide-format printer arena with its HP Designjet series | | | | commercial printing solutions. The company has many |
| of printers. This series has entry models that are | | | | different lines of wide-format printers for printing |
| priced low enough for printing high-quality photo prints | | | | signage for use in both indoor and outdoor settings. |
| and digital fine art at home, as well as high-end models | | | | Printer sizes range from 30 inches to 104 inches and |
| for commercial and corporate printing needs. Sizes | | | | some models have built-in cutters. |
| vary from 24 inches to 60 inches. | | | | 9. Yuhan-Kimberly. If you are looking for a wide-format |
| 4. Kodak. Under its subsidiary company, Encad, Inc., | | | | printer for textiles, you may want to give |
| Kodak also offers wide-format printers known in the | | | | Yuhan-Kimberly a serious thought. This Korea-based |
| market as the NovaJet printers. The NovaJet printers | | | | printer manufacturer is a leader in textile printing, and its |
| have 8-color and 4-black Kodak cartridge systems | | | | printers can work with textiles for fashion and apparel |
| that promise to print out high quality graphic files on a | | | | as well as with interior decorating. |
| variety of media, as well as AutoCADD printouts. | | | | |
