The Contrails Group

Our DesignJet HP5000 printing posters for Team Oracle.

“My Business takes me all over the country and BIG Images’ solution-based approach provides me with on–demand marketing tools wherever I am. Their streamlined processes ensure the highest quality product, on time, every time, which allows them to focus their attention on technology, research and development, and me; the customer.” —Karl Koeppen, Contrails Group

Challenge:
The Contrails Group needed an on–demand print shop to produce projects such as the 7 ft. x 10 ft. banner, capable of withstanding the rigors of the outdoor environment—sunlight, moisture, cross-country transportation, all within 20 hours.

Solution:
BIG Images utilized its custom designed production facility and inks built for outdoor use to produce this huge full – color banner in less than 20 hours. The unique reinforced vinyl banner material is designed to withstand the test of time and outdoor elements.

BIG Images + Automator + AppleScript = :-)

BIG Images is harnessing the power of AppleScript & Automator on Mac OS X Tiger to improve the production workflow in a cross-platform computing environment.

One of the largest technology-related problems BIG Images faces every day is getting its PCs to talk to its Macs. Networking a PC can be…problematic. Since the software that powers our printers, Onyx, is only available on Windows we decided to conquer the beast by developing some of our own technology.  Thanks to the power of Mac OS X Tiger, Automator, and AppleScript we communicate our print files to the print PC without ever touching it. Using a simple drag & drop interface we communicate all our print jobs to the printers—they are automatically sorted into their correct media, orientated to maximize media placement, and processed for printing, without ever touching the PC that is doing the work. 

Click here to download the technology paper.