Fabric at Sixteen Feet Wide. Zero Seams.
Our new Durst P5 500 TEX iSUB prints dye-sublimated fabric up to 16 feet, the widest inline sublimation platform on the market. Large format backdrops, SEG walls, and murals ship as one continuous banner instead of a stack of sewn panels. Add Britten's in-house cut-and-sew finishing on top of that, and a design that used to need three seams now leaves our floor as a single edge-to-edge print.
Seamless Graphics
A seam is a shadow line. It's a snag point. It's a place where color shifts just enough for the eye to catch it. At 16 feet, we're printing signage past the width where every other shop still has to break out a sewing table. One piece, edge to edge, at up to 800 x 600 dpi. Text stays crisp and linework holds its edge no matter how large the print gets.
Color that Holds
iSUB fixes the dye into the fiber in the same pass it prints. No steaming afterward. No curing station. Nothing that gives the fabric a chance to shift between steps, which is usually where color consistency falls apart on large format projects. Blacks stay deep, gradients stay smooth, and the color on foot one matches the color on foot two hundred. Doesn't matter if it's sitting under stadium lights or a window. Backlit banners in particular tend to expose weak fixation fast, and this is where the printing process earns its keep.
Speed at Scale
One pass. One piece. No sewing table slowing things down mid process. Durst puts the time savings from inline fixation at up to 40% over a conventional dye sub workflow, and energy use drops by roughly 60% since there's no separate drying pass to run. For us, that shows up as fewer days between an approved file and a finished banner leaving the building, and the pace holds at volume, not just on a single showpiece print.
What We're using it For
Exhibit Backdrops
Full-height booth walls and stage backers with no seam running through the logo.
Immersive Environments
Wrap a room, an activation or a tunnel in continuous printed fabric.
SEG Walls
Silicone edge graphics in single spans up to 16 feet — tension without a center seam.
Architectural Fabric Features
Ceiling clouds, baffles, column wraps and permanent interior features.
Large Murals
Building-scale artwork on fabric — lighter, cheaper to ship, and reusable.
Giant Tapestries
Wall-to-wall or floor-to-ceiling pieces printed edge to edge on our 16ft fabric printer — no piecing, no seams.
FAQ
What is wide format printing?
Wide format printing produces large-scale graphics for applications such as banners, decals, building wraps, and other oversized printed materials. Britten uses multiple wide format print technologies to produce graphics across a wide range of materials and applications.
How do you choose a wide format printing provider?
Look for a provider like Britten with multiple print technologies, a broad range of materials, complete installation capabilities, and experience producing projects at your required scale. With Britten's one-stop-shop approach, every step of the fabrication process is covered, eliminating the hassle of working with multiple vendors.
What is wide format printing used for?
Wide format printing is commonly used for banners, backdrops, SEG walls, murals, retail graphics, building wraps, event displays, and other exterior signage. Each of these applications benefit from fewer seams for less visual distraction.
How long do large banners take to complete?
Turnaround depends on the size, quantity, material, finishing requirements, and production method. Our high capacity, in-house team keeps tight turnarounds standard, with rush orders also available for stricter deadlines.
What resolution is supported for large format printing?
Britten's wide format print technologies support image printing up to 800x600 dpi, keeping images clear even at building-size scales.