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I'm assuming you mean outdoor durable vinyl printed banners such as the ones we offer at www.gobigbanners.com. If this is the case, then these are printed on a wide-format solvent ink or UV based ink printer.
There are many different manufacturers of these printers out there, some of the big players in the arena are Roland, Epson, Hewlett Packard, Mimaki and Mutoh just to name a few. The key feature to a printer that you intend to create outdoor durable banners with is that the ink be either solvent based or UV cured.
Solvent based inks have a volatile compound that enables the ink to be absorbed by the vinyl print material, essentially 'fixing' it into the vinyl. These ink can be low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) which does not require ventilation for safety, and high VOC which would require an extraction system and would smell strongly while they are 'gassing out' or curing.
UV (Ultra-Violet) inks do not have any VOC's and do not require heat to cure. Instead they have concentrated UV lights that cause a chemical reaction between the ink and substrate (the banner material) essentially turning the inks into a solid that is bonded to the substrate. These are even more durable than Solvent based inks.
While it is possible to print outdoor banners on a water-based wide format printer, it would be necessary to then coat the banner in some kind of a laminate to prevent weather from rapidly degrading the print and washing the ink off.
Hope that helps you,
Eyezac
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