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I provide expert consulting for large format printing. Educational courses for selling and producing large format. On-site training and consultation. Video production and encoding for distance learning. These are just a few of the things I love to do. dg :-)
New Fine Art & Photography workshop: “Facemounting to Acrylic.” Click here for details.
On-Site Training
We have successfully helped hundreds of companies develop a comprehensive product portfolio with the equipment they already have on hand. Training covers what to use, when to use it, and why — so production and sales teams understand the customer applications in front of them.
- Consultation and training delivered at your location
- Focus on reducing waste and supporting sales through better application knowledge
- Product portfolio development with current equipment
David Goetter's site is a professional home for large format printing consulting, educational courses, on-site training, and video production for distance learning. The focus is practical and production-minded: helping print shops, photographers, and signage businesses sell better, print smarter, and reduce waste while making finished work look right the first time. The tone is friendly and personable, closing with a simple smiley signature that reflects a teacher at heart rather than a hard-sell vendor.
Much of the material centers on the craft of producing large format prints, from workflow and color alignment to face mounting acrylic and fine art printing. Topics include aligning tools, avoiding skewing and image elongation, and keeping square alignment across boards and sheets. These are real shop-floor challenges that photographers and print providers run into constantly, and the site's approach is to explain them in plain language so production staff can apply the fixes immediately.
The consulting side of the practice addresses business questions as much as technical ones. Advice covers sales techniques for large format work, developing a product portfolio, understanding the customer application, and matching equipment to the work a shop actually wants to do. The emphasis is on a simple, teachable approach: less inventory, fewer surprises, faster throughput, and less effort spent chasing problems that could have been prevented with better habits and clearer communication.
Training options include structured workshops, hands-on sessions, and on-site consultation, along with video production and encoding so remote learners can follow along. Attendees can attend at scheduled periods, drop in with questions, or work through material at their own pace, with thousands of views available online for those who prefer to study independently. Video content extends the same teaching style into a format that travels well for shops spread across different locations.
The site also carries a photographer's perspective, since shooting and printing are treated as two halves of one process. Notes on photographic subjects, source images, and the realities of capturing work that later has to survive enlargement onto large surfaces give added context to the printing discussion. That background explains why the advice is so specific: it comes from someone who has printed for photographers and understands where the handoff between camera and press often breaks down.
Visually, the site leans into a warm, wood-grain textured background with thin rainbow-striped accent bars running along the header and sidebar edges, giving it a bright, playful character. The content itself sits on clean off-white cards with dark charcoal text, wide-letter-spaced uppercase headings, and generous, document-like spacing between paragraph blocks. Thin gray rules and minimal rounding keep the pages flat and readable, while teal accents mark the active navigation state so visitors always know where they are.
What I Do
| Service | Focus |
|---|---|
| Consulting | Advice on large format printing and finishing |
| Educational courses | Selling and producing large format content |
| On-site training & consultation | Hands-on work with production and sales teams |
| Video production & encoding | Distance learning and self-paced education |
| Hands-on workshops | Annual topics including facemounting to acrylic |
Products & Tools
Specialized measuring and alignment tools including the Tyler-Ruler and the 4x5 Modular Workstation are available for precision work. See the product details.
Have a Question? Need Help?
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