What is Acrylic Printing?

Acrylic printing has actually been around for a while and generally photographers and artists. have been working with it for years. For common people, however, there is much to know about acrylic painting and that is why we are here to tell you more about it.

The first question on everyone’s mind is what is acrylic painting?

Let us first begin by telling you that, it is something is done by two processes, either you end up printing on the acrylic directly or by face mounting it. In direct printing first your photograph will get printed on a high-quality photo paper, and then it will be reversed mounted on the acrylic material. Since it is much more cost-effective and lesser labour-intensive, a lot of print houses end up going for the option of printing directly on to the acrylic. As a result of this, any decent-sized printing company can get into the acrylic printing business and to be honest a lot of them have as well. The fact of the matter remains that, via this direct printing method, one can produce a lot of pieces per hour.

Now coming to the other kind of printing, when done in the face mounting method acrylic prints generally end up taking much more time. Since this is a rather older method, most places in Europe used to do it in this manner, before the machines came in and started to recreate the effect.

We use the method of custom mounting, for creating our acrylic prints, which involves bonding the face of your photograph, permanently via using acrylic that is framing grade. Once the design or the print has bonded nicely to the acrylic, there is a backer substrate that is used onto the material so that the actual print remains intact and when you do the acrylic printing process, the print remains stiff and straight, which will make it much easier to accomplish. The finishing step for creating an acrylic print is to add a rigid subframe, so that when mounted on a wall, the print will seem to seamlessly emerge out of it.

Our printing method increases the longevity of the frame, because of its water resistance, giving you years and years of aesthetic beauty that will outlast everything.

The next question that is on everybody’s mind is regarding the kind of ink and paper that needs to be used in your acrylic printing:

To get on to that, let us tell you, that there is much to be said about acrylic printing and the kind of paper and ink that is used for it. Generally, when you are talking about the kind of ink and paper to be used for acrylic printing you will come across to basic variants that is C prints and inkjet prints. When it comes to C prints, they are generally done how traditional photography development is done, in which they are placed in a dark room and with the help of chemicals, the final product has its colours, various shades and shadows, textures etc. When it comes to inkjet prints, they use ink that is pigment-based and so the final prints are produced in inkjet printers.

Now coming to the other aspect of acrylic printing, the papers that are used are generally metallic or glossy in nature. More often than not, you will find that printing companies prefer the usage of metallic paper when it comes to images that are coloured, since they have been found to provide depth in terms of colour saturation onto the designs that are printed made on it.

Now discussing the kind of hanging options that are available, for your acrylic print, we know that no two people have the same decor style and therefore getting to choose how you want to display your prints totally depends on you. It is best that you can create the perfect kind of gallery that you deserve for your space and we can provide you with different kind of mounting choices as well.

Firstly now, comes the sleek and framed look, which is actually a popular system amongst a wide range of audiences – when you choose the float mount look you will get your acrylic print which has bars behind it almost hidden away from sight, along with the wire that will help you hang your frame. If you want to hang your frame in the style that it will make your acrylic print float let’s say about less than an inch from the wall, and give it a sleek floating look.

The next option that we have is something that is perfect for people who love to get their photos and prints framed. We have a variety of colours are ranging from black to a full-blown colour spectrum made in hardwood which will also come with a wire at the back so that the moment you receive it you can actually go and hang it in the space that you’ve chosen.

Last but not the least if you are looking to create a statement then we can also provide you with another acrylic print hanging system which is quite secure and makes a bold visual. With the help of our Metal standoffs in the back, we can give you extra support while your acrylic print will float less than an inch off the wall. Also, of course, include in handy instructions about how to get that look and how to hang it for the perfect view

Now you might be thinking that you will have to go on a lookout for acrylic printing companies that can give you either of the print types – as per your requirements, the good news is that we can provide you with both. So whether you require inkjet prints or c-type, whether you need it on glossy paper or metallic – we can give you any of the combinations according to what your needs are – and that too in premium quality, the kind that will only make your designs look so much better in real life!

So if you are looking for converting all your digital artworks into large acrylic print and watch them come to life – then you must come to us as us for a quotation according to your design needs.