By Melissa Donovan
The September issue of Digital Output includes fine art media Target Chart outlining various vendors offering media over 24 inches in width used for fine art applications such as giclée and photography. Visit the link below to view the chart online. Here, we include detailed product information from some of the companies in the chart. Learn more about a specific substrate used for fine art or read an overview of a company’s fine art product portfolio.
3A Composites USA Fome-Cor Canvas Board is comprised of white extruded polystyrene foam sandwiched between a deeply embossed canvas-like white clay-coated paper facer on one side and a standard Bright White clay-coated paper facer on the other. It can be decorated with the same techniques used with original Fome-Cor board—including digital printing, screenprinting, and painting—and can be knife cut, die cut, and embossed to create three-dimensional effects. INFO# 100
Advantage Sign & Graphic Solutions now carries new Optima-brand Opti-Solve Designer Canvas. This premium, bright white, inkjet coated canvas is designed to produce solid blacks, vivid colors, and smooth gradients. The 17-mil, poly/cotton blend provides a flexible base for easy stretching without cracking. Opti-Solve Designer Canvas is compatible with solvent, latex, and UV printers. INFO# 101
All Square is an authorized Canon Professional, Epson, and Roland reseller and distributor of wide format inkjet digital print media. It stocks all Epson Signature Worthy products as well as fine art offerings from Canson Infinity, Hahnemühle, Innova, and Moab by Legion Paper. The company specializes in providing the newest and most trusted equipment, quality consumables, and dependable service to clients throughout the U.S. and abroad. INFO# 102
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group is a vertically integrated producer/supplier of digitally printable art canvas in the U.S. It makes what it sells in its Aurora, IL factory using all U.S.-made raw materials. The company offers a range of surface textures and gloss levels in widths up to 120 inches. INFO# 103
Big Systems has a full offering of fine art and photo media products for aqueous, solvent, latex, and UV-curable inkjet printing. Its BigJet photo papers and art papers are available in gloss, satin, luster, and matte finish. Similar finishes are available in the company’s WetJet and BigSol artist canvas products. Specialty display films, backlit films, and a wide variety of direct print textile products are also available. INFO# 104
Brand Management Group (BMG) offers Hewlett-Packard’s (HP’s) portfolio of large format printing materials is designed together with original HP inks and HP Designjet and HP Latex printers for optimal image quality, consistency, and reliability. INFO# 105
BMG also provides the Kodak Professional and Wide Format Inkjet lines, which include the latest innovations in fine art papers, photographic papers, and canvas that boost image quality, streamline production, and help ensure repeat business for print shops, fine art reproduction companies, and photographers. INFO# 106
Coveris Advanced Coatings covers fine art needs with two brands, Magic and Museo. Magic fine art products feature Siena 8- and 10-mil photobase papers along with Torino canvas offerings. Museo fine art products feature 100 percent cotton, acid-free premium fine art paper grades containing no optical brighteners. The Museo product line includes both smooth and textured options in satin and traditional matte finishes. INFO# 111
DaVinci Technologies supplies a range of canvas that is compatible with aqueous, solvent, eco-solvent, and latex ink. The canvas is available in a cotton or poly/cotton blend with a matte, gloss, satin, or metallic finish. INFO# 113
EnCore Fine Art Foam Boards feature unique printable surfaces. Canvas Foam Boards streamline the production of fine art products that benefit from the authentic look of canvas. Cork Foam Boards can be transformed into designer or branded cork boards. Chalk Foam Board provides a genuine chalkboard surface that is printable for custom products. Extreme White for Photography is whiter than traditional foam boards yielding a higher perceived color gamut and black density of printed images. INFO# 117
DigiFab Systems’ line of inkjet fabrics for direct and sublimation printing are compatible with a variety of inks and printers. The company holds a patent for inkjet fabric treatment and now offers an extensive line of printable polyester fabric from Flag to Blackout up to 122 inches wide. INFO# 115
Epson offers a variety of 100 percent acid-free archival cotton fine art papers and media that deliver true museum-quality appearance. Its newest fine art paper—Epson Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured—is engineered for professional photographers, artists, museums, and fine art reproduction houses. Manufactured via the mould-made process to deliver a distinctive feel, along with deep blacks, a wide color gamut, and smooth tonal gradations, it provides a highly textured watercolor surface and finish to help achieve the best combination of image quality and permanence. INFO# 118
Fibermark Flexart is a stretchable alternative to inkjet printable canvas. It is cellulose-based, latex saturated, and manufactured with long synthetic fibers to provide stretch and durability. Flexart can be used in fine art reproduction, as well as hanging signage and retractable banners. This high-quality roll media can be printed with latex, eco-solvent, solvent, and UV inks. INFO# 110
Fisher Textiles is a full-stock supplier of artist canvas for digital printing. It carries products compatible with UV-curable, latex, solvent, and aqueous. Both glossy and matte finishes are offered with polyester, cotton, or blend constructions. Applications include—but are not limited to—banners, fine art reproductions, wall murals , and up-scale retail signage. INFO# 120
Folex Group manufactures a range of specially coated papers and canvas cloth suitable for fine art, photo, and lifestyle printing. The range includes fine art 310 gsm papers, cotton and poly cotton canvas grades, and photo paper. Coated materials are available for pigment, latex, and eco/solvent inks. INFO# 121
GBC SurePrint Ultra-Dry Photobase is the go-to product for fine art prints using photo paper. Printable with aqueous ink, this 8-mil photo paper is available in three finishes—matte, satin, and gloss. INFO# 123
Hahnemühle’s Photo Silk Baryta 310 gsm provides the look, feel, and tonal depth of traditional silver halide. The paper’s unique barium sulfate coating offers rich monochrome and brilliant color reproduction in a weight that speaks to both its high quality and ease of handling for mounting and display. INFO# 124
Hexacomb’s Falconboard is suited for wide format, digital, and screenprinting applications. Made from renewable wood fibers and a honeycomb paper core, Falconboard offers ideal visual aesthetics for fine art reproduction. INFO# 127
Available worldwide through licensing partner BMG, HP’s portfolio of large format printing media, including high-quality photo paper, and canvas substrates for fine art applications, are designed together with original HP inks and printers for optimal image quality, consistency, and reliability. INFO# 126
IJ Technologies manufactures a full line of aqueous and solvent inkjet giclée canvas for fine art and photographic/portrait printers. Water-resistant canvas media includes Black Diamond AgX Metallic/Pearlescent, Premium Edition Matte, Premium Edition Artist Texture Matte, DuraGraphix Textured Matte, and DuraGraphix Hybrid Satin. Solvent inkjet canvas products available include SolGraphix Gloss, SolGraphix Satin, and SolGraphix PearlEssence. Canvas widths from 17 to 64 inches are available. IJ Technologies also manufactures a full line of aqueous top coat products, Black Diamond Eclipse, which is available in gloss, satin, and matte finishes. INFO# 131
Innova Art Ltd. offers FibaPrint, Photo, Fine Art, and eco-solvent papers; canvas; card stock; and the JetMaster Image Display System products. New in 2014 is Décor Art ES Cotton, a 100 percent cotton art paper for eco-solvent and latex printers. INFO# 132
Kernow Coatings’ Fineline papers offers fine art, décor, and photo papers for aqueous, solvent, and latex inks. These products are used for limited edition fine art or mass produced décor art. INFO# 133
Korographics offers a line of digitally printable wallcovering media. The array of textures offers a range of stipple, stucco, linen, and leather options. All Korographics media is Type II commercial grade wallcovering, class A fire rated, and provide the added benefit of the Early Warning Effect. INFO# 134
With product names like Entrada, Colorado, and Lasal it’s easy to see the source of inspiration for Legion Paper’s Moab brand. Created in Moab, UT surrounded by the red rock wonders of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, the Colorado River, and the Lasal Mountains, the Moab line of archival, digital imaging papers continues to rely on that inspiration to design premium solutions for digital photographers and artists. INFO#140
LexJet’s Sunset brand of inkjet media for photo, fine photo, fine art, and canvas printing is a standard for professionals who demand the highest possible image quality. Every product in the Sunset line is developed to meet the exacting requirements of imaging professionals, providing consistent, color-accurate results. INFO# 135
MACtac offers countless ways to stand out. The original multi-print media, REBEL H is a high-tack adhesive that sticks to almost everything, including low-energy surfaces. Designed with customers’ versatility needs in mind, REBEL H provides superior printability on platforms including UV and solvent screen, solvent, eco-solvent, latex, and UV inkjet printers. It’s available in bright white matte and clear finishes in a variety of sizes and widths. INFO# 136
McGrann Digital Imaging (MDI) provides high-quality, microporous photo paper for aqueous-based printers as well as high-end resin-coated photo paper for solvent, latex, and UV printers. For canvas, MDI offers a 15-mil poly/cotton canvas, strong enough for gallery wraps. INFO# 137
Milano Digital is a 30-year-old company at the forefront of the inkjet digital image age. It is a converter and reseller of inkjet products covering most large format platforms. The company carries many style-coated papers, textiles, and films for the creative digital artist who uses roll stock. Its new Polyester Canvas prints fantastic and is half the price of standard canvases. INFO# 139
As part of its established line of print media, Permalite now offers a new line of products compatible with latex printers—canvas, photo papers, banners, signage, wallcoverings, and the new Metallic Canvas. INFO# 146
Presto Tape offers multiple substrates for fine art printing. The Print Media line includes CanvasTac, PrestoTex, and PaperTac. CanvasTac is an adhesive-backed canvas, PrestoTex is an adhesive-backed polyester fabric, and PaperTac is an adhesive-back paper. All substrates feature the same removable and repositionable adhesive, which allows it to stay on the wall as long as required but will not peel the paint or damage the wall when removed. INFO# 148
Discover a variety of fine art photographic inkjet media at Red River Paper. From RC gloss to the old school look of fiber baryta, customers find the selection and most importantly the service a business deserves. INFO# 151
Roland DGA Corp.’s PCM-MAC7 is an inkjet-coated matte canvas with an ideal white point that images well and can be stretched and mounted. It is designed for use with both water-based dye and pigment inks, as well as mild-solvent inks, and it’s compatible with Roland SOLJET, VersaArt, and VersaCAMM printers. INFO# 153
SEAL Pure Color Monet Canvas is a 10 oz/yd2 cotton/polyester satin-coated canvas with a prominent tooth. Monet Canvas is best used for giclée art reproductions due to its specialized coating, which produces vibrant photo quality images. Monet Canvas stretches over a frame without cracking on the edges. It can also be used for museum displays and interior decorating. The canvas works with solvent, eco-solvent, latex, and UV-curable inks. INFO# 154
Seattle Textile Company canvas and polyester fabrics are engineered for digital fine art printing technologies including solvent, UV, latex, and eco-solvent ink systems. All fabrics are specially treated so that colors are sharp and vivid. Media is stocked from 54 up to 197 inches in seven warehouses. INFO# 155
Top Value Fabrics offers a variety of superior Specialty Textiles for upscale display applications and fine art reprints. Its newest fine art media is Canvas Prime, woven polyester that provides outstanding color consistency, excellent image sharpness, a bright white point, and a wide color gamut. Versatile, heavyweight, and flame retardant, applications for Canvas Prime include fine art reprints, banners, backdrops, exhibit displays, and premium point of purchase and retail displays. INFO# 157
Ultraflex TrueCanvas Giclée 65/35 is an 11 oz. canvas composed of 65 percent cotton and 35 percent polyester blend with an acrylic-gesso top coat. The gesso coating can be folded and stretched without cracking and provides a uniform low-glare finish. TrueCanvas Giclée 65/35 is free of heavy metals and designed to offer crisp detail and rich tonal range, making it ideal for fine resolution art reproduction as well as various art décor applications. INFO# 158.
Sep2014, Digital Output DOFAM1409
