Graphics Tech Class of 2009 students were busy working on a special group project this fall. Together they created a backdrop for the students of the Academy of the Holy Family School in Baltic, Connecticut. for their production of “The Sound of Music”

The students used the Canon ipf 8000 large format printer which was given to the Graphic Technology Departments last year.

The students were given a photograph 3” x 5” which they enlarged to 10ft x 30ft using Photoshop. They then printed it out in 36” x 10’ panels which they had to join together to make the completed backdrop. For the entire project, the students not only had to figure out the percentages, but also had to figure resolutions for the enlargements, how the panels would break, and the means for joining the prints and how the final print would be hung on the stage.

This is the largest project to date using the Large Format Printer. In the past the students have made posters for the Culinary Department, Bridgeport’s “Gloves for Guns” boxing program, assorted banners and retractable signs for Guidance, assorted vinyl banners for walk in customers, and a canvas reproduction print for the Norwalk Museum.

Thanks to this printer, the students of the Graphic Technology Department have increased the public’s awareness how diversified the Graphic Technology program can be.