PRODUCT INFO
image Guidelines FOR Photographs
Prepare you Photographic Image Files according to the following Guidelines before adding them to your Cart for Uploading when Ordering your Photographic Prints.
file Format
- Adobe98 RGB Colorspace
Either Color or Grayscale Images - 300 DPI
Resolution for Chosen Print Size - 16-Bit Color Mode
- TIFF File Format and Flattened
(.TIFF, .TIF, .tiff, .tif) - DO NOT ADD WHITE BORDERS
For BORDERED PRINTS we will
CENTER and add Equal Borders.
file naming convention
[Your Name] . [PrintSize&Type] . [MeaningfulImageName] . [RenderingIntent] . tiff, like this example:
Weston.11x17NB.Pepper.Relco.TIFF
[Your Name]
Last Name or Company Name
[PrintSize&Type]
Size of Print and Border Type
8×8, 11×17, 24×36, etc.
NB No Border or Borderless
B Bordered Print
[MeaningfulImageName] Visual Description ie, RedFlower
[RenderingIntent]
Soft Proofing Method
Relco Relative Colorimetric
Percp Perceptual
Media Types
Fine Art Media
We carry the finest quality Fine Art Digital Media from Arches, Canson-Infinity, Hahnemühle, and Ilford.
All of our Fine Art Media are either 100% Cotton Rag, Baryta Cotton Blend, or Sustainable Fibers Cotton Blend and Optical Brightener Agent (OBA) Free, pH Balanced, and Archivable for the Finest Quality Exhibition and Portfolio Prints.
We offer Smooth, Textured and Watercolor Textured Matte, Lustre/Satin, and Glossy finishes for exceptional Fine Art Exhibition and Portfolio Prints for the discerning Photographer.
Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Textured Matte Finish
Arches® Aquarelle Watercolor Media is a pure white, thick, and supple textured watercolor paper made in France in a cylindrical mold.
Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Media 310 gsm weight, 20.8 mils thickness is a 100% cotton rag white watercolor paper.
Using the traditional watercolor base, the paper has an even natural grain and a soft supple felt-marked finish. This paper complies with the highest archival standards and is extremely age-resistant.
Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Media characteristics are truly unique: an extremely high white value at 96.76 without the use of Optical Brightener Agents (OBAs), and produces prints with superb color rendition, deep blacks (Dmax), and pure whites, offering photographers, artists, and printmakers the opportunity to create images with superb tonal range, excellent highlights, and mid-tones.
Our Custom ICC Printer Profile testing indicates on our Canon Pro-2000 12-Pigment Ink Printer Shadow Detail down to a Black Point of 4-6, and Highlight detail up to a White Point of 252-253, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent, Impressive for a Watercolor Matte paper.
ARCHES 88 SMOOTH TEXTURE MATTE FINISH
Arches 88 Matte media is a pure white matte paper, offers an ultra-smooth surface finish and a soft and supple feel to the touch.
Arches® 88 Matte Media, 310 gsm weight, 19 mil thickness is made of 100% cotton and has a pure white tone and is completely free of any Optical Brightener Agents (OBAs).
Arches 88 offers an ultra-smooth surface finish and a soft and supple feel to the touch. The unique inkjet receiving layer produces prints with superb color rendition, deep blacks and natural whites offering photographers, artists and print-makers the opportunity to create images with a superb tonal range, excellent highlights and mid-tones.
Our Custom ICC Printer Profile testing indicates on our Canon Pro-2000 12-Pigment Ink Printer Shadow Detail down to a Black Point of 4-6, and Highlight detail up to a White Point of 252-253, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
Canson Baryta Prestige II SMOOTH GLOSSY Finish
Canson Baryta Prestige II Media is a smooth Baryta Gloss paper that evokes the look and aesthetic feel of traditional darkroom papers.
Canson Baryta Prestige II Media 340 gsm weight, 15.7 mils thickness is comprised of an acid-free alpha-cellulose and cotton white paper base with a true barium sulfate coating.
Canson Infinity Baryta Prestige II has the aesthetic of a traditional darkroom paper, which is achieved by adding a coating of barium sulphate prior to the inkjet receiving layer. The paper has and a natural white base which is achieved without the use of artificial brightening agents (OBAs). The gloss finish of Baryta Prestige II enhances the deep blacks and pure whites and intensifies the vibrant colour gamut. The paper offers exceptional image quality, detail, and tonal range to produce superb black & white and colour images. Produced on a mixed alpha-cellulose and cotton base, the paper has excellent handling characteristics and is FSC and ISO 9706 certified.
Testing using our Custom ICC Printer Profiles indicates a Shadow Detail down to a Black Point of 3-5, and Highlight detail up to a White Point of 253, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
Canson Edition Etching Rag Textured Matte Finish
Canson Edition Etching Rag with a smooth bright white texture is reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers.
Canson Edition Etching 310 gsm weight, 18.9 thickness is an Archivable 100% Cotton Fine Art paper that has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents. Canson® Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals.
This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum color graduation, and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, color photographs, and exceptional black and white portraits.
Testing using our Custom ICC Printer Profile produces prints with Shadow Detail to a Black Point of 8, and Highlight detail to a White Point of 251, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
Canson PLatine Fiber Rag SATIN/LUSTRE FINISH
Canson Platine Fibre Rag Media has a Lustre finish that has the look and feel of traditional darkroom and Premium Platinum printing paper.
Canson Platine Fibre Rag Media, 310 gsm weight, 15.5 mils thickness, , 100% Cotton Rag Archival Paper is Optical Brightener Free. It is the combination of the premium 100% cotton Platinum paper that Canson has supplied for many years to the original Platinum and Platine photographic market, with the latest microporous coating, making the traditional darkroom paper now available for your digital printing.
In combination with its Lustre/Satin finish and lightly deckled finish, Canson Platine Fibre Rag’s extremely high Dmax and exceptional grey tones make it perfect for Black and White or Color Exhibition prints.
Testing using our Custom Printer Profile produces Shadow Detail down to a Black Point of 8, and Highlight detail up to a White Point of 251 when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
hahnemühle photo rag metallic TEXTURED Glossy FINISH
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic Textured Glossy
18.5 mil 340 gsm is 100% Cotton Rag, Optical Brightener Free, and exceptionally Durable and Archivable. The sophisticated silver metallic effect underscores the image and makes motifs with metallic elements, reflections, ice and glass, architecture and landscape shots, as well as black and white photographs with high-contrast tones shine.
Our custom printer profile produces prints with Shadow Detail to a Black Point of 8, and Highlight detail to a White Point of 251, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
hahnemühle William Turner Textured MATTE Watercolor
Hahnemühle William Turner Textured Watercolor
24.4 mil 310 gsm is 100% Cotton Rag, Optical Brightener Free, and exceptionally Durable and Archivable. The fine yet highly pronounced felt structure of the genuine mould-made paper gives photographs and
art reproductions a striking depth and three-dimensional effect.
Our custom printer profile produces prints with Shadow Detail to a Black Point of 8, and Highlight detail to a White Point of 251, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
Hahnemühle Natrual Line Agave Textured Matte Finish
Hahnemühle Natural Line Agave Textured Matte
19.6 mil 290 gsm weight is produced using 70% Environmentally friendly Agave fibers, 30% Cotton. It has a bright white natural tone and does not contain optical brighteners. The rough, yet delicately defined surface texture gives the subject a captivating sense of depth and impresses with a pleasant, soft feel.
Our custom printer profile produces prints with Shadow Detail to a Black Point of 8, and Highlight detail to a White Point of 251, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
Ilford cotton smooth rag SMooth Matte Finish
Ilford Cotton Smooth Rag
19 mil 310 gsm weight is a Matte finish, 100% Cotton Rag mold-made rag paper with no optical brighteners and the longevity, image stability and a clean matte surface required for the very best in fine art printing, Smooth Cotton Rag is the perfect choice for crisp details and enhanced creative expression.
Our custom printer profile produces prints with Shadow Detail to a Black Point of 8, and Highlight detail to a White Point of 251, when using a Perceptual Rendering Intent.
photograde media
Our Photograde Media from Freestyle Photographic Supplies are High Quality Economically priced and non-archivable Media perfect for student work, quantity proof prints, sequences or narrative project proofs, and layout designs.
arista-ii rc photograde Lustre LUSTRE FINISH
Arista-II RC Photograde Lustre
10.4 mil 252 gsm features a microporus emulsion, on a thick resin coated base designed for high-resolution photo images. Ideal for both dye and pigment based printers and comparable to Epson© Premium Luster papers in every way.
Artista-II double weight matte Smooth Matte finish
Arista-II Photograde
Double Weight Matte
9 mil 180 gsm paper is an exceptional bright white 65 lb. flat matte paper great for general printing purposes, proofing, postcards, menus and posters. This alpha cellulose paper is an excellent alternative to Epson© Enhanced Matte.
Photographic Print Types and Sizes
We offer two different types of Photographic Prints, Bordered, and Borderless.
You can order 15 Print sizes from 8″ x 8″ small prints up to 24″ x 36″ full sized posters.
For Custom Print Sizes or Larger than 24″ wide Prints, Contact Us.
Bordered Prints
Bordered Prints use an Image Size smaller than the Print Size chosen. An even white border is applied to the Image you submit when printed.
Bordered Prints are suitable for Matting or Mounting.
The following Diagrams and Image Size Table show the Print Size and Image Size for our Bordered Prints.
For Custom Sized Prints Contact Us
Borderless Prints
Borderless Prints use an Image Size the same as the Print Size chosen. Borderless Prints are also known as “Full Bleed”, or Images that are printed edge-to-edge.
Borderless Prints are suitable for Surface Mounting.
The following Image Size Table and Print Diagrams show the Print and Image Sizes for our Borderless Prints. For Custom Sized Prints Contact Us
Our printer
Canon PRO-2000
Our Canon 24-inch imagePROGRAF PRO-2000 printer is designed to exceed expectations for image quality and color consistency in an archival pigment ink large format printer.
Using newly formulated 11-color Archival pigment inks and a Chroma Optimizer enables smooth gradients, and an expanded color gamut using the following Pigment inks – Black, Matte Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Photo Cyan, Photo Magenta, Grey, Photo Grey, Red, Blue, and Chroma Optimizer.
The Chroma Optimizer is used when printing on glossy and semi-glossy paper, this acts as a clear coat, improving color performance and gloss characteristics enriching the dark areas of a print and virtually eliminating Metamerism effects.
custom ICC Printer Profiles
ICC Printer Profiles allow you to Soft Proof, or view a simulation on your Properly Calibrated Monitor, of how your Photographic images will print on our printer and the paper you have chosen. The ICC Profile Downloads contain Instructions on where to install the profiles depending on the Computer Operating System you use.
Detailed step-by-step directions on how to Soft Proof your images are on our Tutorials pages.
| Photograde Media | |
|---|---|
| Arista-II RC Photograde Lustre | |
| Arista-II Photograde Double Weight Matte | |
| Graphic Arts Media | |
|---|---|
| LexJet Print-N-Stick Fabric | |
Printer Profile Testing
We do extensive Printer and Media testing using the following Test images after producing our Custom Printer Profiles to insure Print accuracy, color gamut ranges, color fidelity, and shadow and highlight detail.
