View Full Version : Alternatives to Canvas printing
Justin
22-05-2011, 07:01 PM
I'm looking at canvas printing but also alternative products, acrylic and so on. What other products are there that can be used to produce high quality pictures?
We have a local company who produce half decent canvasses, not difficult to beat their quality but I'd like to offer different products.
purpledragon
22-05-2011, 07:11 PM
blimy justin are readin my diary lookin at canvas printing myself
Andrew
22-05-2011, 07:33 PM
Printed metal is an option for sublimation. The 600 x 300 sheets are great. We have done full size images of people in the past by spreading the print over 6 sheets high. It's also easy to produce wall art if needed by splitting the image accross a few sheets as that is a popular thing on canvas as well or just the single sheet. People don't seem to make the most out of subli metal.
Justin
22-05-2011, 07:36 PM
What a great idea to make a mural from the metal, can be done in house and metal can look really good, nice one :-) The acrylic prints, box prints etc. all look very nice but if I can use sublimation all the better.
accdave
22-05-2011, 07:46 PM
I've also been looking at utitlising the subli metal for small signs etc. We already do ID cards for a football league club with them. Might try the mural software and see how good it is at getting several A3 sheets on one piece of metal.
acrylic every time for me ;)
pisquee
08-12-2011, 07:09 PM
we use poly-satin or poly-suedette stretched around wooden frames/stretcher bars. The suedette works better with sublimation paints though, as don't print too well with the amount of ink coming through an inkjet printer.
TjCanvas
06-03-2012, 08:39 PM
Hi Justin, if you are looking for someone to do your canvas printing for you we have a very competitive Trade price list and never compromise on quality.
RogerC
06-03-2012, 08:55 PM
IMO art canvas prints are best done with solvent ink printers and laminated for vibrancy of colour reproduction and longevity of print though I am prepared to be corrected 'cause you're never too old to learn:biggrin:
PS I do mine on a versacamm....solvent printer.
Justin
15-04-2012, 03:37 PM
Following on from this (oldish) thread ;-)
I'm now looking at getting samples printed. Acrylic blocks, Lumenglass and Aluminium as well as ceramic tiles. I've done a tile mural before and it looked great. Been looking at Subli Metals, great prices but there sheets are just 0.5mm thick, would this be a problem?
Moving more towards these premium type items for displaying/selling customers photos so if anyone has any other ideas I'd appreciate it.
Ian M
15-04-2012, 07:25 PM
Justin, the 0.5mm is thicker than you imagine to be honest. I have to admit I love doing things on the metal panels as you can get some great effects.
Justin
15-04-2012, 08:02 PM
Cheers Ian. I guess 0.5mm is enough for the sheet size, I just noticed some other are 1.5mm thick. I've been doing a lot of white metal water bottles which I guess is pretty much the same surface, yes, the white metal prints really well :-)
I see SubliMetals supply with holes in for hanging on the wall but I wonder if there's a better fixing option...maybe mounting onto a base or using some dividers to stand out from the the wall could be an option?
best idea for fixing them to the wall is this:
http://www.picturemaster.co.uk/images/fixing.jpg
Justin
15-04-2012, 08:54 PM
Yeah, I was looking at these but the site I saw them on they were very expensive imo.
edit: Price is coming down now I start to search :-)
Justin
15-04-2012, 09:23 PM
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/x100-STAND-OFF-BOLTS-MOUNT-satin-aluminium-standoff-display-fitting-fixing-screw-/170769956908?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Nails_Fixing_MJ&hash=item27c2aec02c#ht_709wt_648
Cheapest so far,
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