Friday, April 17, 2009
Quality Canvas Printing
Producing quality canvas prints requires getting a combination of factors right.You have to use the best canvas, quality stretchers great inks and professional large format printers
Canvas
Our Canvas prints are made to last. We use the finest available pure cotton Matt 340 gm's canvas for our prints considered by many to be the industry leader.This canvas allows your image to presented in the best possible way with a fine canvas texture and a full range of colour and depth of tone. It is also very strong and flexible allowing for taut stretching without the image breaking up or being distorted. Through experimenting with many different canvases we have found this works best with the widest range of images and subjects. Although the canvas is Matt in finish we can create a range of final finishes by the use of different varnishes to the print since these come in satin gloss and matt varieties. We apply a satin finish in most cases but we always check with you first
Stretcher bars
These are stretched around 3.4 cm's deep precision made pine stretchers to create a solid and lasting base.This is sustainable softwood not rainforest hardwood which is laminated and built up to ensure the wood wont warp. These stretcher bars are all adjustable so they have slots in the back to allow you to add wedges in add greater tension the canvas in future if this is required. You should not buy stretchers without this facility since without this capacity if the canvas sags there is nothing you can do with it except have it re stretched.
Colours
The ink set you use determines how fine the print will be. Epson have developed the ultrachrome ink set specifically for this type of fine art printing and it has the full gamut of colours produced from 8 inks. This has three levels of black to give depth and subtly to tones and shadows and five other colours to allow for millions of possible colours to be produced. The inks are also very durable and light fast in industry standard tests they have shown they will not fade in normal indoor lighting conditions for at least 75 years.
Canvas
Our Canvas prints are made to last. We use the finest available pure cotton Matt 340 gm's canvas for our prints considered by many to be the industry leader.This canvas allows your image to presented in the best possible way with a fine canvas texture and a full range of colour and depth of tone. It is also very strong and flexible allowing for taut stretching without the image breaking up or being distorted. Through experimenting with many different canvases we have found this works best with the widest range of images and subjects. Although the canvas is Matt in finish we can create a range of final finishes by the use of different varnishes to the print since these come in satin gloss and matt varieties. We apply a satin finish in most cases but we always check with you first
Stretcher bars
These are stretched around 3.4 cm's deep precision made pine stretchers to create a solid and lasting base.This is sustainable softwood not rainforest hardwood which is laminated and built up to ensure the wood wont warp. These stretcher bars are all adjustable so they have slots in the back to allow you to add wedges in add greater tension the canvas in future if this is required. You should not buy stretchers without this facility since without this capacity if the canvas sags there is nothing you can do with it except have it re stretched.
Colours
The ink set you use determines how fine the print will be. Epson have developed the ultrachrome ink set specifically for this type of fine art printing and it has the full gamut of colours produced from 8 inks. This has three levels of black to give depth and subtly to tones and shadows and five other colours to allow for millions of possible colours to be produced. The inks are also very durable and light fast in industry standard tests they have shown they will not fade in normal indoor lighting conditions for at least 75 years.
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