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How to display your digital canvas print

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There are two main ways of displaying your canvas prints. The method chosen depends largely on personal taste and where the print will be hung. However, the decision regarding the method of display needs to be made before the digital canvas print is ordered as different methods of display will require different techniques of printing and mounting.

FRAMING – This is a traditional way of displaying artwork that is designed to be hung on walls. It has been used for centuries for oil paintings and water colours and, more recently, for canvas print. After the image is printed, the canvas is trimmed to size and glued or stapled to traditional stretcher bars and displayed in your choice of frame.

GALLERY WRAP – For a more contemporary look, especially for abstract art and digitally generated images, gallery wrapping can be used.  This is a method of stretching a canvas by wrapping it around the stretcher bar sides and securing to the back of the wooden frame so that the staples that hold it in place cannot be seen.. The image appears on the sides of the frame as well as the front, allowing for a frameless presentation to enhance the three-dimensional effect of the mounted canvas print.

Gallery-wrap is a very popular way to display canvas digital printing.  However, because the edges of the canvas are wrapped over thick bars, about two inches from each side are lost in the wrap.  To overcome this, we can provide full-bleed print that is designed to continue round the edges of a stretcher frame once gallery-wrapped to prevent a loss of the visible image area.

Digital Printing Service by Superchrome

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What is Digital Printing?

Nowadays digital printing is being increasingly used in place of more traditional forms of printing such as litho. Digital printing is a modern printing technique that produces prints directly from a computer file rather than a slide or a photograph, without going through some intermediate medium such as a film negative, a colour proof or a plate.  Digital printing is used for many commercial printing needs in both black and white and full colour. Superchrome can also supply specialist digital printing such as:

  • large format printing such as posters, signage, canvas and acrylic prints
  • extra wide printing for large scale external applications such as banners, advertising billboards, hoardings and building wraps.

Types of Digital Printing processes

There are various processes which can be used for digital printingfull-color-printing, depending on the intended use. The main processes are:

UV PRINTING – a high quality, cost effective full colour printing process using environmentally friendly UV inks which are cured with UV light. This makes it very resistant to fading, water resistant and abrasion so it is ideal for outdoor graphics as it can cope with all weather conditions. There are two types of UV full colour printing:

  • Roll fed  -  which involves printing onto a roll of media such as PVC or fabric
  • Flatbed  -  where graphics are printed directly to rigid or flexible, flat surfaced substrates

INKJET PRINTING – extremely versatile, making it a good choice for large format display graphics as it gives brilliant colour intensity and photo-realistic graphics.  This process uses CMYK inks to produce full colour and can print onto a wide range of media for both interior and outdoor use.

LAMBDA PRINTING – produces the highest resolution display graphics using laser technology.  It is ideally suited for large format display graphics as it gives sharp photographic images, continuous tone and high-impact colour prints on photographic paper, film or Duratrans.

Why choose digital printing?

It is easy to understand why digital printing is replacing older forms when you look at the many advantages it offers, the main ones being faster turnaround and lower production cost. Digital printing is often used for on-demand or short-run colour printing. It is very cost-effective on short print runs owing to the low set up costs and the fact that there are no minimum volume restrictions. Other advantages include;

  • Choice of processes some of which can be used for high definition printing applications
  • Printing can be done on many different substrates
  • Waterproof and fade resistant inks can be used
  • Suitable for printing materials for interior or outdoor use
  • Any size can be printed including large format and extra wide format

A One Stop Shop for Your Printing Needs

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Superchrome is a well established print company which provides a number of digital printing services for events, retail, interior design, advertising, exhibitions and film production. We supply a complete range of commercial printing on all commonly used materials such as photo canvas print, PVC, vinyl, acrylic printing, self adhesive vinyl and paper including special finishes. Unlike some printing companies, Superchrome offers full print services including large prints, banner printing and signage print.

If you are after cheap printing for your business, look no further. Superchrome offers a full range of commercial printing services for all your digital printing needs including full colour printing, large print and signage print. We provide high quality signage print for specialised use such as architectural signage, illuminated signage and directional signage. We can also supply the retail sector with large or small scale Point of Purchase and Point of Sale displays on paper, vinyl, textile or canvas.

Superchrome offers specialist print services for the advertising and marketing sector. Our large print capability enables us to produce advertising hoardings, bill boards, mesh banner printing, digital canvas print and floor graphics. These are chiefly used for large scale long lasting outdoor graphics applications for advertising display and on-site promotions.

Individuals and small businesses can also take advantage of our large print services for acrylic printing and cheap canvas prints. If you are looking for an original personal gift that will be treasured for many years, what’s better than n a canvas print of your favourite family photo? Transforming your photos into an original work of art is simple and straightforward. All you have to do is send us your digital image and we’ll produce a top quality photo canvas print or mounted poster that you will treasure for many years.

Superchrome’s digital photo printing and photo canvas print services are ideal for displaying high quality original artwork. Canvas print is becoming popular with photographers and is an established trend in interior design in the UK.  Artists, interior designers and photographers can order full colour or black and white canvas prints, stretched on wooden frames or left unstretched. Superchrome has very competitive canvas print prices for the creative sector and we offer discounts on volume canvas print quantities.

Printing Services are now easier to order thanks to Superchrome’s new website

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One of the UK’s top suppliers of printing services, Superchrome, has just launched a new website  which offers a wide range of digital printing  both black and white and full colour printing.  The new website aims to make online ordering of high quality digital printing for commercial and domestic applications quick and effortless. It offers the facility to download files enabling customers to order directly online.

The complete range of large format printing services that Superchrome supplies can be seen on the new website. Depending on the intended use, printing can be done on a number of substrate materials including photo printing canvas, PVC banner, acrylic printing, and self adhesive vinyl and matte or gloss paper including special finishes.

Superchrome also offer specialist commercial printing services, namely:

  • large format printing such as posters, signage, canvas and acrylic prints
  • extra wide printing for large scale external applications such as banners, advertising billboards, hoardings and building wraps.

Superchrome has worked with a number of sectors for many years including retail, media, entertainment, charity, government agencies, local authorities and private firms. We are aware of their specialised needs and can meet their time constraints and tight deadlines. Among the commercial printing services we supply are:

  • Advertising – indoor and outdoor displays, hoardings, billboards, banners
  • Retail – backlit prints, point of sale material, window displays, self adhesive vinyl, retail graphics, floor graphics
  • Creative – posters, photographic prints, canvas prints, fine art prints, acrylic prints
  • Exhibitions – exhibition stand prints, graphics display panels, banner stand prints
  • Conferences – signage, floor graphics, stage backdrops, self adhesive prints
  • Construction – building wraps, mesh printing, PVC banners

For more information on the range of printing services and products Superchrome can supply, refer to Superchrome Printing Services Website.

Superchrome’s Digital Printing Services

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Superchrome, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of printing services, has just launched a new website www.superchromeservices.com offering fast online ordering for high quality digital printing for commercial and domestic applications.

Superchrome launches new website to facilitate orders for Printing Services. Superchrome, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of printing services, has just launched a new website www.superchromeservices.com offering online ordering of high quality digital printing for commercial and domestic applications. The new website caters for all printing services both black and white and full colour printing, and offers the facility to download files directly online, enabling customers to order quickly and effortlessly.

Superchrome’s new website features the complete range of large format printing services that the company can supply. These are available on a number of substrate materials including photo printing canvas, PVC banner, acrylic printing, and self adhesive vinyl and matte or gloss paper including special finishes.
Superchrome also offer specialist commercial printing services, namely:
• large format printing such as posters, signage, canvas and acrylic prints
• extra wide printing for large scale external applications such as banners, advertising billboards, hoardings and building wraps.
Superchrome has worked with a number of sectors for many years including retail, media, entertainment, charity, government agencies, local authorities and private firms. We are aware of their specialised needs and can meet their time constraints and tight deadlines. Among the commercial printing services we supply are:
• Advertising – indoor and outdoor displays, hoardings, billboards, banners
• Retail – backlit prints, point of sale material, window displays, self adhesive vinyl, retail graphics, floor graphics
• Creative – posters, photographic prints, canvas prints, fine art prints, acrylic prints
• Exhibitions – exhibition stand prints, graphics display panels, banner stand prints
• Conferences – signage, floor graphics, stage backdrops, self adhesive prints
• Construction – building wraps, mesh printing, PVC banners

Further details of the range of printing services and products supplied can be found on the new website - Digital Printing Services