To learn more about offset and digital printers, the basics of large format printing, and more check out our blog. Large format poster printing can be done on digital, inkjet, and offset printers. A typical at home printer prints on 8.5×11 paper sized or smaller so when it comes time to print an ad or hang a company mission in the hallway, people turn to a large format printing company. Thanks to large format printers, posters share images, messages, and art all around the world. Many large format printers can print custom poster sizes such as squares or very long panoramic prints but for many uses concert posters and mounted poster advertisements people choose to follow industry standard sizes so they don’t run into problems after printing.
This is because poster frames, paper rolls, and print enlargements are designed to cater to these specific sizes making them affordable and easily accessible.
There aren’t rules or regulations on what size a poster needs to be but the most popular poster sizes are known as standard poster sizes.