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Here in Indianapolis, we have a vibrant, thriving independent theatre community (so vibrant, in fact, that I spelled “theatre” the fancy way, with “re” at the end).<\/p>\n

Each summer is the Indy Fringe Festival, an independent theatre festival<\/a>, held just a couple miles from our office is Massachusetts Avenue. Mass Ave, as it’s known to the locals, has a cluster of independent theaters, and for 10 days, it’s overrun with theatre goers, buskers, and the actors themselves who visit each others’ shows and hang out at the bars and restaurants along 5-block district northeast of downtown Indy.<\/p>\n

So what do theatre troupes have to do with a printing blog? A lot, actually.<\/p>\n

As I travel up and down Mass Ave, there’s one theater \u2014 Theater on the Square<\/a> \u2014 which has some of the best posters promoting their plays I’ve seen in town. <\/p>\n

Sadly, I can’t walk anywhere without casting my printer’s eye on any printed material, so I’m always impressed by these posters. They’re bright, they’re colorful, they’re well-designed.<\/p>\n

And they’re huge<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I would love to see more theaters (and theatres) use poster printing technology like TOTS uses. Most people have the mistaken belief that posters are expensive, or that you need to order thousands of posters to get a decent price break.<\/p>\n

Not at all. Thanks to wide-format printing technology, like the Legend 72HUV UV curable ink jet printer. We have one of these in our shop, and I’m continually impressed by what it can do.\"\"<\/p>\n

First, it prints to nearly any surface or substrate \u2014 we once printed to a full-size door, another time we printed to a 3′ x 6′ piece of 1\/2″ plywood. Second, it’s like a giant inkjet printer (okay, it is<\/em> a giant inkjet printer), which means it does full-color printing, including photos and funky poster designs. Third, it’s UV ink, which means it’s environmentally friendly and non-toxic. And fourth, you can print out short runs of full-color pages for a fraction of the cost of a traditional offset printer.<\/p>\n

So what does that mean to theatre troupes?<\/p>\n

Imagine printing giant posters promoting your play on vinyl, Gator board, or even a door. Imagine printing rehearsal photos, cast photos, and all kinds of great colors and backgrounds for your posters. Imagine printing only a few hundred full-color flyers on glossy paper, not several thousand.<\/p>\n

Even if you’re not a theatre troupe in Central Indiana, there are still ways to find this technology in your area. Contact us at (877) 626-6848, and we’ll be happy to locate a Legend 72HUV sign shop in your area.<\/p>\n

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