Buyers’ guide
Trade Canvas Print tradecanvasprint.co.uk
Loxley Colour loxleycolour.com
InnovaArt innovaart.com
If you need giclée fine art prints, for a greater haptic experience, Loxley can give you a hand. Seven distinct finishes from Fujifilm, Hahnemühle and Epson are available – giving you the choice of different paper weights, hue and surface textures. Naturally, its range of services has expanded to match the needs of customers. So, Loxley also offers books, a range of seven handcrafted Bellissimo wedding albums and an extensive collection of wall art.
Loxley started over 30 years ago, focusing on producing high- quality prints for professional photographers – that still holds true today. Its printing services include output on photographic C-type paper, where there is the option of gloss, metallic or lustre. Plus, the recent addition of velvet, which boasts a deep matte finish – perfect for fine art. All these are produced on Fujifilm papers. Turnaround time is fast, at one working day. To give an idea of price, a 20x16in print is £8.98.
Innova is a UK digital fine art manufacturer, with a wide range of photo paper, fine art and canvas products in its range. There is something for every keen home printer. Products are sectioned out to make it easier for customers. There’s the Editions range, where papers such as Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm and Photo Cotton Rag 315gsm offer the look, feel and performance of classic fine art printing. These materials are perfect for producing prints for sale. In the Fine Art paper range, there’s a broad choice of smooth or delicately textured semi-matte and glossy surfaces. The products with the FibaPrint tag give you the look and feel of wet darkroom prints, for that artistic experience.
Trade Canvas Print is an online digital print company, producing high-quality canvases at attractive prices. It also offers printing on photographic and fine art papers up to 60x36in. Each canvas is individually printed, crafted and hand-stretched at its Tenby studio in Pembrokeshire. Canvas prints are available in 20mm and 38mm depths – rolled canvas prints are also an option – with a minimum size of 8x8in all the way up to 60x36in, and there is a choice of edge options. Using state-of-the-art printing technology, Trade Canvas Print produces prints to last – and they are backed with a lifetime guarantee. Production time is impressive, too, with orders shipped within 24 hours of being received.
OneVision Imaging onevisionimaging.com
Hahnemühle hahnemuehle.com
With over 40 years of experience and a host of awards to prove its skills, One Vision Imaging is one of the UK’s leading professional laboratories. It offers a phenomenal range of services to choose from, with literally hundreds of options in sizes, finishes, colours and styles. Online ordering is fast and straightforward, with a drag-and-drop option when uploading image files (up to a maximum size of 300MB) and the ability to preview options online before placing an order. Plus, it has fast turnaround times. For printing, Fujifilm Professional archive grade DPII paper is used for exceptional colour stability and life expectancy. If you embed an ICC colour profile, One Vision will use it. When it comes to size, pick from 5x3.5in at 55p, all the way up to 40x30in prints costing £44.93, but there are also format options. So, you can go square with a 12x12in print at £4.14, up to a maximum of 30x30in. Go panoramic, with a 10x5in print costing £1.58, and the maximum 40x20in blow-up at £29.95. Two new services in One Vision’s menu of wall art services are Halo Circular prints and Photo Collage, which include Photo Tiles and Multi Panel Wall Art. Ten 8x8in Photo Tiles are true prints on foam tiles, finished with black edges. They come with an adhesive back. If these options don’t suit your needs, check out One Vision’s other wall display products, that include fine art floating frames, block prints and dibond prints.
Hahnemühle has a great reputation as a paper manufacturer of long standing. Its current portfolio of products caters for keen photographers looking for first-class media with outstanding printing performance, longevity and individual feel. The heavy FineArt papers are based on cotton or alpha cellulose, giving them their thickness, weight and lovely tactile nature. Premium coatings ensure lifelike colour reproduction, fine detail retention and rich shadow detail. There is a good choice, whether your preference is glossy or textured papers. In glossy finishes, FineArt Baryta, Photo Rag Baryta and Pearl are three of our favourites to check out – or buy a sample pack of glossy FineArt finishes to try them all before committing to a full pack. The Hahnemühle range receiving well deserved acclaim is the Natural Line family – it has just won the best inkjet media: fine art finish in the PN Awards 2021. There are currently four Natural Line papers made from sustainable raw materials: agave, bamboo, hemp and sugar cane. These plants need minimal care, grow quickly, and don’t need pesticides to flourish – satisfying the brand’s pursuit of sustainability. As a prospective end user, you’ll want to know how the Natural Line papers perform. The simple answer: very well indeed, with impressive colours and rich shadows, even using the generic ICC profiles available to download from the Hahnemühle website.
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