Surfaces
What it prints on: walls, floors, glass, metal, wood and more
The ink cures into the surface as it prints, texture included. On most jobs the prep and the primer matter more than the material underneath.
Floors
Walls
Glass
Metal
Wood
Concrete
Brick
Tile
Acrylic
Canvas
Brick storefront · Atlanta
One storefront, printed straight onto the brick
Awning, chalkboard, windows and lanterns are all ink on brick.
Surface by surface
Ten surfaces it prints on
The Pro and Tech print vertical surfaces up to 11 feet high. Floors run on the Floor Series only.
Drywall
Walls
Drywall, plaster and sound painted surfaces. Corridors, lobbies, logo walls and feature walls. Chalky paint needs prep, and the paint underneath decides the result.
Brick
Brick
Building sides, storefronts, docks and yards. Deep texture becomes part of the graphic.
Glass
Glass
Partitions, privacy panels and storefront windows. Decide whether it's permanent or temporary before you print.
Concrete floor
Floors
Sealed concrete and coated floors, courts, aisles, lobbies and retail paths. Floor Series only.
Rendering
Metal
Equipment, gates, aluminum and sign blanks, in place or in the shop. White ink makes color read on metal. Corrugated metal is too deep to print on directly.
Wood slats, printed by Carolina Wallworks
Wood
Doors, paneling, slat walls and fixture fronts. The existing finish decides the prep. Charlie at Carolina Wallworks printed this one from a design he made with AI.
Exterior block
Concrete
Concrete walls, block, parking structures, plants and stairwells. Whether the concrete is sealed changes the prep.
Rendering
Tile
Pools, kitchens, restrooms and feature walls. The print crosses the grout. The surface has to be sound.
Panels in the shop
Acrylic and panel stock
Acrylic, PVC and panel stock, printed flat in the shop. This is also how you handle work above 11 feet and full-bleed pieces. Plan the edge and the mount.
Rendering
Canvas
Display and hospitality pieces, produced in the shop between site jobs.
The white channel
White or not: why the white channel matters
Color inks are see-through. On a white wall that is what you want. On glass, a dark wall or a colored surface, color alone fades into what is behind it. The white channel puts a layer of white under the color so it reads true. White ink is standard on every printer.
Choose where the white goes
Put white under the whole design, under only part of it, or print it on its own as a color. You set it for each job, so you can print on any colored wall or surface.
Leave it out for stained glass
Skip the white on glass and acrylic and light passes through the color, the way it does through stained glass.
Use both in one print
Back a logo or lettering with white so it reads, and leave the white out of a border so light shines through. Stained glass and spot white, in the same print.
Print life
Print life, indoors and out
Outdoors, ask us whether a clear coat makes sense for your surface. A clear coat stretches that.
The ink is a 100 percent solids UV ink with no solvent. It cures as it prints, so the surface is finished when the head reaches the end of the pass. There's an SDS for every ink.
Every floor sees different traffic. If you're planning a busy floor, call us first and we'll recommend the approach and whether a clear coat makes sense: 910-632-0320.
Prep
What each surface needs before the print
What people print on each surface and the one thing to plan for.
Surface
What gets printed
Plan for
Floors: sealed concrete and coated floors
Zone marking, courts, wayfinding paths, brand floors
Floor Series only. We'll recommend the right approach for your floor and its traffic.
Walls: drywall and plaster
Corridors, lobbies, feature walls, room identification
Chalky paint needs prep.
Painted surfaces
Rebrands over sound existing paint
The paint underneath decides the result.
Glass
Privacy frosting, partitions, storefronts
Decide permanent or temporary first.
Metal and aluminum
Equipment, gates, sign blanks
White ink makes color read. Corrugated is too deep.
Wood
Doors, paneling, fixture fronts
The existing finish decides the prep.
Concrete walls and block
Parking structures, plants, stairwells
Sealed or not changes the prep.
Brick
Building sides, storefronts, docks, yards
Deep texture becomes part of the graphic.
Stucco
Exterior brand graphics, entries
Outdoors: ask us about a clear coat.
Tile and grout
Pools, kitchens, restrooms, feature walls
Print crosses grout. Surface must be sound.
Acrylic, PVC and panel stock
Signage printed flat in the shop, work above 11 feet, full-bleed jobs
Plan the edge and the mount.
Canvas
Display and hospitality pieces
Produced in the shop between site jobs.
On vertical surfaces the printer leaves an edge margin: roughly 9 inches at one edge, 14 at another, 6 to 8 at the bottom. It has no battery, so it needs power at the surface.
On video
See it print on walls, canvas and more
A forest, printed on a wall
A World Cup print
Printing on canvas
A printed cornhole board
Send a photo of your surface and we'll tell you
Send us a picture of the surface through the form and you'll hear back with the prep, the primer and which printer runs it.
Related pages
Renderings
More surfaces, in renderings
Renderings, not photos. Every application is different, so ask us about yours.
Discovery call
Ask us about your surface
Every surface is a little different. Tell us what you want to print on and we will tell you what to expect.
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