The best solution for printing large sized pictures

The best solution for printing large sized pictures

An artist takes great pains to make a painting and the entire process is quite toilsome. In spite of giving lots of time and energy in making a picture, an artist often does not get the worth he deserves. Some of the artists keep their artwork under priced intentionally. Painting on canvas can be really expensive. To recover the cost and get proper value of his artwork, an artist can resort to duplicating his art by printing on canvas.

In recent times, the Large Format Printers and affordable scanners have made getting one’s original artwork printed and scanned to paper and canvas a straight forward job. Even a few years back, scanning an artwork was costly. Getting it printed on canvas was even more costly for people. But with the advent of technology this has been simplified. There are a number of specialized Giclee Printers that enable an artist to take reprints as and when required.

Nowadays printing on canvas has become easier as the prices of the Giclee Printers have taken a nosedive. An experienced operator can take extraordinary printouts in these printers. However, for stretching an artwork on a canvas certain steps are required to be followed. The artwork requires to be scanned. Then it needs to undergo color correction and retouching. Thereafter, it gets printed to paper and canvas. If the output is on a canvas, it can be extended. Ideally, an artist or painter should not leave the task of stretching the artwork to the consumer. It is not possible for a common person to know How To Stretch Canvas.

For the artists who want to produce multiple copies of their artwork by painting on canvas and stretching them, a Canvas Stretching Machine is a worthy choice. A veteran Custom Picture Framer can stretch canvas by hand but it is a very time consuming process. Some Pneumatic Canvas Stretching machines are sold in the market that can be used for printing to canvas. The professional quality canvas stretchers can make gallery wraps. This is a well known process that envelops the picture around the stretcher bar sides.

David Weaver is a retired Engineer Officer, Custom Picture Framer and the co-designer of the Gallery Stretcher-60, a Canvas Stretching Machine.