Inkjet printing on fabric: LexJet Water-Resistant Satin Cloth

We recently acquired some new material to print on!

In addition to canvas, cotton rags, photographic paper, and other art papers, we now have a lightweight fabric to add to our list. If you're an artist or photographer who uses lightboxes to back-light your artwork, you might be interested in trying this out.

The LexJet Water-Resistant Satin Cloth is a polyester fabric that serves as a great substrate for giclees—the test prints we've made with the archival pigmented inks from our Epson 9880 44” Stylus Pro inkjet printer have shown fantastic rendering of fine image details.

Want to see some other uses for it? Check out this informative article on Studio LexJet's website on the landscape photographs of Leslie D. Bartlett, printed in scroll and folding screen format on the Water-Resistant Satin Cloth.

Here's some more information about LexJet's Water-Resistant Satin Cloth, taken from their website.

LexJet Water-Resistant Satin Cloth is a lightweight, water-resistant, wrinkle-resistant, tear-resistant polyester fabric that produces excellent image quality. It has quickly become a popular option for photo exhibitions, trade-show graphics, P-O-P displays, and décor art.

LexJet Water-Resistant Satin Cloth has been used in retractable banner stands, art-gallery exhibitions, table skirts, window shades, flags, privacy screens, and dozens of other applications. This cloth is a great alternative to traditional backlit films, because the colors really pop when prints on Water-Resistant Satin Cloth are lit from behind.

It also feels soft and luxurious and is easy to hang and transport. As its name implies, this cloth is highly resistant to water (particularly with pigment inks).

The coating can hold high levels of ink saturation for richer, more brilliant color on the ultra-white base polyester cloth.

LexJet Water-Resistant Satin Cloth works with dye or pigment inks.

Overview:

• Ideal for retractable banner stands, table skirts, window shades, gallery wraps, and art tapestries
• Lightweight, easy-to-hang, frame-free alternative for exhibition prints
• Smooth, bright-white, wrinkle-resistant fabric that provides excellent image quality

We already know that Jeff Wall's large format photographs look fantastic on lightboxes.

Jeff Wall, After "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue (2000)
via C.K.H.

Photo by Underpuppy

Do you wonder how your artwork would look on backlit LexJet Water-Resistant Satin Cloth?...

Giclees On Canvas: A Great Mother's Day Gift

Mother's Day is fast approaching! If you're looking for a gift for a “mom” figure in your life, one idea is having one of their favourite photos printed onto canvas.



Since we accept orders online, and offer free standard shipping across Canada and the US for orders over $99, that makes things a little more convenient for those of you outside our locale (we're located in Vancouver BC).

You can place your order by visiting our website CanadaOnCanvas.com, doing a really quick set-up of your online account, uploading your image (or images), and completing the order details and payment information on the forms. We'll send you a confirmation that we've received your order and have your order ready in 3-5 business days. We'll send you a notification that your giclees are ready for pick-up, or that we've shipped them to your shipping address. Simple!

Upkeep for giclees on canvas are quite simple and low-maintenance. We use archival, water-resistant pigmented inks, so your prints will last a very long time. The Epson inks we use are projected to last for 80 – 100 years. We also apply a finishing to the canvas after printing. This additional coating further protects your print from UV rays, and makes it easy to wipe-clean with a damp cloth. You can also help prolong the display life of your canvas print by keeping it out of direct sunlight, heat, smoke, &c.


Our stretched canvas prints come ready-to-hang. The canvases are gallery wrapped—that is, the canvas is wrapped around the sides and back of a wooden frame, then stapled to the back where it's hidden from view when the artwork is hung on a wall for display. A wire is also affixed to the back, and we package the hooks and nails for you to use for wall hanging.


So if you've got a photograph you'd like a maternal figure in your life to have, as a gift to celebrate your relationship with one another, maybe a canvas print would be just the thing to bring a smile to their face.

Be sure to take advantage of our Special Mother's Day 10% discount code on the main page of our site!

QUICK LINKS:
Our price calculator and chart for giclees on canvas: http://www.canadaoncanvas.com/include/prices.php
FAQ: http://www.canadaoncanvas.com/include/canvas_faqs.php

Fine art canvas stretching

Attention: folks in Vancouver BC!


Do you have an artwork on a sheet of canvas that you'd like stretched onto a frame? A completed fine art masterpiece that's finally ready to be hung on your—or a client's—wall?

We also offer canvas stretching services.

Here's a link to our handy online price calculator for you to calculate how much it'll cost to have your canvas stretched, based on size.

http://www.vancouveroncanvas.com/include/custom_stretch_services.php

We gallery wrap our canvases, which means that the sheet of canvas is wrapped around the side and back of the wooden frame it's being stretched onto. Staples and fixtures are attached to the back, so that they are not visible from the front or side of the artwork when it's hanging from a wall.

Since we make our stretcher frames in-shop, custom sizes can be done. We just finished stretching a huge textured oil painting for a customer! Its final dimensions were 94” x 48”, stretched onto 1 3/8”-deep stretcher bars.

If you're considering having an artwork of a similar size stretched, but are unsure about how to transport something of that size to your destination, we do offer a delivery service for a fee. Contact us by phone or e-mail to get a quote.