| How do you pick out the best printing company for | | | | space is visible. This is something you have to specify |
| your canvas prints? By checking if they have the best | | | | with your printer. Those who allow custom jobs are |
| canvas printing services to smoothly carry out your | | | | the ones who can accommodate special instructions. |
| printing need. | | | | 3. Fast turnaround |
| The process of getting the right online printer is not an | | | | Since canvas prints are processed using digital printers, |
| exact science but there are a few criteria that you | | | | production can be done fast. Some online printers |
| can look into to gauge if it has got the right elements | | | | offer a next-day turnaround which means that you |
| to make a quality canvas print. | | | | can have your canvas printed and cut within 24 hours |
| 1. Custom size | | | | so it can be shipped or picked up earlier. |
| Offering custom sizes automatically gives you the | | | | 4. Short run printing |
| freedom to dictate the size you want and need. | | | | Another best canvas printing service is short run |
| Should you need one that fits into a limited space or a | | | | printing. This means that you can order in small |
| printout that covers a huge area of your wall, having | | | | quantities, a common case with large format prints |
| the flexibility to name the dimensions is a major plus. | | | | including canvas printing. You should be able to order |
| 2. Gallery wrapping | | | | the amount you need, not the amount that your printer |
| Seek the service of a printing company that can | | | | recommends. Having no minimum order is a good |
| provide gallery wrapping. Gallery wrapping is the | | | | policy that benefits you since you are free decide on |
| method of placing a four-sided frame (rectangular or | | | | the quantity and therefore will not be obliged to order |
| square, depending on the dimensions of your canvas | | | | and pay more than what you are willing to. |
| prints) at the back of the artist canvas, just like the | | | | 5. Pre-press evaluation |
| ones you see at the back of paintings sold. The | | | | Large format prints require images with high resolution |
| canvas print is stretched and its edges are secured to | | | | to have a good result in terms of printing quality. |
| the frame so the portrait takes the shape of the | | | | Unfortunately, not everyone knows this or gets to |
| frame and this support also makes it possible to hang | | | | follow this rule. It would therefore be wasteful if your |
| the printout. | | | | printer would go through with the printing despite the |
| Gallery wrapping requires a border of 2 inches on | | | | unacceptable file specs. |
| each side. This is the measurement needed for the | | | | It is therefore necessary to have your file checked by |
| artist canvas to hug the frame securely. Some people | | | | a pre-press specialist so such avoidable mistakes can |
| prefer a white border so that the side view of the | | | | be detected and resolved prior to printing. |
| gallery wrapped canvas shows a bare space, while | | | | The next time you decide on the best canvas printing |
| others want the prints to exceed the periphery of the | | | | company for your project, make sure that they follow |
| wrapped canvas to show along the sides so no white | | | | the best practices in the industry. |
