Floor Graphics Printing with a Wall & Floor PrinterThe floor in front of the wall, on the same visit and the same quotation
Floor graphics printing with the GP200B lets a business that already prints walls take the floor graphic in the same shop, school, gym, car park or event space, with the same machine, ink, printheads, software and operator.
When the wall is finished, the print unit rotates to the floor position in about 2 minutes. The rails stay where they were laid. Send the floor widths and surfaces on the jobs you quote, and we reply with a GP200B configuration.
- ≈2 min
- wall to floor, rails stay
- 2.3 m
- floor image width, 3 m rail
- 1.5 cm
- floor unevenness followed by ultrasonic sensors
- 8 settings
- shops, schools, car parks, gyms, warehouses
FIG. 01 · plan view, floor image printed pass by pass
Floor Graphics Printing as a Line on Your Wall Quotations
The client who orders a printed brand wall for a shop, a stand or a reception area can have the floor graphic in front of it on the same order. Sign and advertising companies, large-format print shops, renovation contractors and mural studios add it to the wall job they already sell; distributors adding a wall and floor machine to their range are covered on Wholesale and OEM.
Compared with floor vinyl decals, which are cut, laid piece by piece and joined at seams, the floor graphic is printed straight onto the prepared floor from the same file as the wall; the protective coating or laminate for the project still goes on top.
Already on the wall job
- Site visit
- Rail setup, not relaid for the floor
- Machine and operator
- File batch: CMYK, 300 dpi or more, TIFF, PDF, JPEG or PNG
The floor line adds
- Floor area
- Its surface preparation
- White underbase on a dark floor
Ink runs about $0.40 per m² in Standard CMYK mode, more where white is printed as an underbase. What clients pay for floor graphics varies by region and project, and you set the price in your quotation. Job costing from ink, run time and labour: Wall Printing Cost and Profit
FIG. 03 · the same GP200B at the wall, before it turns to the floor
Floor Graphics Printing for Shops, Schools, Car Parks, Gyms and Warehouses
Eight settings where a sign, print or decoration business already has the wall job and the floor in front of it can go on the same quote. Each floor graphic is planned at 2.3 m wide or less and printed from the same file batch as the wall.
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shops · malls · hotel lobbies
Shops, malls and hotel lobbies
Entrance logos, product-zone graphics, mall atrium campaign pieces and the emblem in front of a hotel reception desk. The floor shares the wall's ink set, so the brand colour matches on both surfaces.
Coating or laminate chosen for foot traffic · test before use -
stands · pop-ups
Exhibition stands and pop-up shops
Stand floors, pop-up shop floors and the photo spot in front of a printed backdrop, done inside a fixed build period. The machine travels in its flight case; confirm the stand circuit carries 2000 W on single-phase 110–220 V. How this fits exhibition orders: Sign and Print Shops
Floor finish set per stand · test before use -
offices · hospitals · campuses
Wayfinding routes and direction graphics
Coloured route lines, arrows and department markers, each matched to the wall sign above it. On a route through several areas, the machine is set up at each stop and the wall sign there is printed on the same visit.
Laminate or coating per corridor use · test before use -
schools · playgrounds
School sports grounds and playgrounds
Hopscotch grids, number tracks, maze and learning games, team logos and colour-coded activity zones for courts and play areas, each laid out at 2.3 m wide or less. A contractor fitting out a school quotes the classroom walls and these floor pieces as one job.
Outdoors: finish specified for exposure · machine runs at 10–35 °C, wind force 0–5 · slip and wear tested before use -
kindergartens · play areasKindergartens and children's areas
Alphabet and number paths, story scenes, animal characters and quiet-corner mats for kindergartens, play centres and children's corners in malls and clinics. Soft watercolour artwork like this prints from the same files as the mural on the wall above it.
Protective coating chosen for little feet · slip test before use -
car parks · garages
Car parks and garages
Bay numbers, level and colour-zone graphics, direction arrows and pedestrian route symbols, matched to the column and wall signs of the same car park. Where vehicles drive over a graphic, the coating specified for the project decides how it holds up.
Open decks: finish specified for outdoor exposure · test before use -
gyms · sports halls
Gyms and sports halls
Functional-training zones, agility ladders, stretching areas and the club logo at the entrance, in the same colours as the motivational murals on the walls. The gym owner gets wall and floor branding from one supplier on one visit.
Coating chosen for training use · slip test before use -
warehouses · factories
Warehouses and factories
Walkway symbols, keep-clear zones, hazard stripes, station and storage-area markers, and the company logo at the visitor entrance. The client sets the safety-marking standard for the site; the artwork is drawn to it and printed with the wall signs from one file batch.
Coating chosen for the floor's traffic · test before use
The condition on every scene: the print is a UV-cured, water- and UV-resistant finish, and on a floor its durability and slip resistance depend on the coating or protective laminate specified for the project, so each floor is tested before use. Outdoors, exposure depends on the finish specified.
Wall settings and surfaces
GP200B, the Series That Prints the Floor
Of our three series, the GP200B is the one that prints floors as well as walls; the GP200 and UP200 print walls only. How the print unit rotates between wall and floor, the heights and bases it is built with, and the full specification are on the GP200B page.
- Moves between sitesElectric box 10 kg, hand-carried; with the column off, the machine stands only 40 cm high and fits a flight case or a car boot.
- Files without a cableFloor artwork can go to the machine over WiFi as well as by USB 3.0.
- Venues with weak powerA UPS can be added so a print continues through a power cut.
Floor Graphics Printing on Site, Step by Step
On a store, stand or showroom job with a wall graphic and a floor graphic in the same space, the work runs in this order.
- BOTH
Agree the print areas
Wall area and each floor area marked on the plan; every floor image laid out at 2.3 m wide or less, all in one CMYK batch.
- BOTH
Prepare the surfaces
Floor cleaned, levelled where needed and coated where the sample print showed it needs it. An ordinary painted wall only needs to be dry and flat; glass, tile and other smooth, non-absorbent walls are coated first.
- BOTH
Lay the rails once
One rail setup serves the wall and the floor for the whole job.
- WALL
Print the wall
The LED UV lamp cures the ink as the head passes.
- ≈2 MIN
Rotate the print unit to the floor
The base stays on its rails and the rails do not move.
- FLOOR
Load and print the floor file
The floor artwork from the same batch opens in the BetterPrint control software or goes to the machine over WiFi, and prints inside the floor rail, cured as it prints.
- BOTH
Rotate back or pack up
A second wall: rotate back the same way. End of job: the machine packs into its flight case for the next site.
- Floor width
- Images up to 2.3 m wide inside a 3 m rail; plan the space for the rail as well as the image. Send the width of each floor area and we check it before you quote.
- Rails
- Laid once for wall and floor, and not relaid for the floor print.
- Levelling
- Dual ultrasonic sensors follow unevenness of up to 1.5 cm, such as tile joints and slight dips; steps or deep joints beyond that are filled and levelled first.
Rotation, rail frame and specification: GP200B page
Send the floor widths and surfaces from one job you are quoting
We check each area against the 3 m rail and the 2.3 m print width and reply with a GP200B configuration.
Floor Surface Preparation, Sample Prints and UV Curing
Results on every floor are application-dependent and surface preparation may be required. The preparation goes into the job plan, and a sample print on the client's floor confirms it before the full print.
| Floor | Clean | Coat | Ink set | Before the full print |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light floor | yes | if smooth | CMYK direct | sample print |
| Glazed tile, metal | yes | yes | CMYK | sample print |
| Dark floor | yes | if smooth | CMYK + W underbase | sample print |
| Sealed concrete, wood | yes | as the sample shows | CMYK or CMYK + W | sample print |
| Uneven > 1.5 cm | yes | after filling | by floor colour | fill and level, then sample |
- White first on darkCMYK + W prints a white layer, then the colour image over it. The machine stirs the white ink so it stays mixed.
- Sample printRecommended before a large floor order; sample prints can be arranged on request.
- UV curingThe LED UV lamp cures the ink as the head passes, so each floor area is finished when its last pass is complete. Wall and floor share one ink set, so a brand colour matches on both.
- Floor surface treatmentThe print is a UV-cured, water- and UV-resistant finish. On a floor, durability and slip resistance depend on the floor coating or protective laminate specified for the project; test before use.
FIG. 12 · what changes from floor to floor: coating, ink set and curing
Request a GP200B Configuration for Floor Graphics Printing
Send the floor widths and surfaces here or by WhatsApp. We reply with the GP200B configuration and the quotation. Sample prints on your floor surface can be arranged on request.
- WhatsApp: +86 18571639620
- Phone: +86 18571639620
- Training
- Remote training and online guidance from our engineers cover both positions; daily care is the same as after a wall job (Maintenance).
- Factory
- Every machine is tested before it leaves our production line; certificates and the team behind it: About Us.