professional printing Dunedin

Canon Prograf 1000 wide format fine art  printer 

We try to stock a wide variety of paper because we understand that every picture is unique and should be treated as such. 

We tend to favour Hahnemühle for their reliability, variety and their continuous pursuit of sustainability.  

Consideration of the paper texture, construction and coating will impact the image in different ways. 

Generally speaking gloss papers may be ideal for images where you want to show off a lot of detail while matt or baryta paper can give the image a  sense of depth and a painterly look ideal for fine art and limited edition prints.

The printer runs Canon's own Lucia Pro pigment based inks. These 11 inks with chroma optimiser combined with high quality fine art paper produce archival results with superb lightfastness.

Meaning these prints will last 70 years or more without fading when kept in the correct conditions.

When printing we must keep in mind that what you see on your screen does not directly translate to paper. This is because your computer monitor is a light source which emits light producing a vibrant vivid image where as the printed image relies on reflective light. Papers have the ability to reflect light in different ways and some have a wider colour gamut than others. With this being said everything in the studio is calibrated using hardware and software to ensure that what we see on the monitor is as close as it possibly can be to the printed finish. We recommend boarders around your prints as this ads a professional finish and is also helpful for print handling and framing. At 226 we are happy to produce a small proof print from your chosen paper, that way you can check the results before committing to a large print or an edition.

Contained within an image file are some helpful specs known as 'metadata'. This data has valuable information for printing purposes as It lets us know the pixel dimensions, colour space, size and type of image we have to work with. Here we print as large as A2 for now and in most cases even our modern phone camera images will hold up to a print this size. We keep our PPI output at 300 as we feel this works best for ensuring overall image quality from all viewing distances.  All images are different in terms of quality even if they share similar pixel dimensions, boundaries can be pushed in some circumstances. Please get in touch or send your image through with your requirements if you would like a more detailed analysis.