Applications · Healthcare and senior living
Hospital facilities teams, clinic managers and senior living directors use Surface Printers to put calming murals, pediatric art, wayfinding and department graphics straight onto drywall, block and glass, on their own schedule.
Who it's for
Healthcare spaces change constantly: a unit gets renovated, a department moves, a donor wall needs a new name. Printing in house means the walls keep up without a reorder and an installer on the schedule.
Department identification, corridor wayfinding and feature walls, printed after hours or around a unit's schedule instead of an installer's.
Waiting room murals, exam room art and brand walls for one office or every location in the group.
Neighborhood themes, resident room identification and familiar scenes that help residents find their way.
A printed finish you specify on the actual wall, with file specs and a sample before the job. See the designers page for file setup.
What gets printed
Pediatric murals in patient rooms, waiting areas and imaging suites.
Calming nature scenes in corridors, infusion rooms and behavioral health spaces.
Wayfinding: color bands, department names, arrows and room identification.
Donor walls, mission statements and brand walls in lobbies and entries.
Senior living: neighborhood themes, resident room numbers and familiar scenes.
What it replaces: printed wallcovering and vinyl murals, framed art that never fills the wall, and sign panels for wayfinding.
Getting it right
The wall, the room and the cleaning routine all change what works. Send Jason photos and your cleaning protocol. He and the support team will recommend the prep, where printing works best and what to expect, with the ink's SDS on request.
Walls, glass and doors: the Pro Series Package ($44,995) or Tech Series Package ($39,995). Floor wayfinding: the Floor Series Package ($39,995). Jason will walk through traffic and cleaning with you before you plan a floor.
Questions
The printer sets up at the wall, so the work happens in the space. Most facilities schedule it after hours or during a room turnover. The UV ink cures as it prints.
Every cleaning protocol is different. Send Jason your protocol and he'll give you a straight recommendation for your rooms.
Check your project's requirements with your fire marshal, and Jason will help you decide where printing fits best. More on Fire rating, cleaning and floor wear: what to know.
Yes. One printer moves between buildings on a cart. Groups with many locations can also look at the National Account Program, now in development.
The printer runs 10 to 20 sq ft an hour depending on resolution and color mode, plus setup. A 60 square foot mural is about a day's work.
Your facilities team or a local service operator. Every package includes training and lifetime support from Wilmington, NC, 9am to 8pm ET, seven days a week.
Text Jason a photo of the wall and the room it's in. He'll tell you what prints well, which package fits and what it costs to run.
Supported by The Wall Printer®, Wilmington, NC.
