My former roommate used to have a big printer like that, and a substantial library of art to print. He had this thing going where he licensed art from the creators, and then would offer on-the-spot printing in whatever size the customer wanted at cons and such. The artist would get a royalty from the sale.
Was a good idea (I think), but I don't think he was ever really able to make it work. There's just not enough demand for HUGE prints, certainly not at a price tolerable to the customer which is also decent for the artist and is sufficient to cover the cost of time and materials.
In the end, he ended up selling the printer and all the supplies for it to somebody who shipped it overseas. That was after it had sat unused for over four years, maybe longer.
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Date: 2012-11-25 11:08 pm (UTC)Was a good idea (I think), but I don't think he was ever really able to make it work. There's just not enough demand for HUGE prints, certainly not at a price tolerable to the customer which is also decent for the artist and is sufficient to cover the cost of time and materials.
In the end, he ended up selling the printer and all the supplies for it to somebody who shipped it overseas. That was after it had sat unused for over four years, maybe longer.