Printing and Scanning
To make it as easy as possible for our customers to get their memories and artwork from computer to frame, we offer high end inkjet printing, flatbed and film scanning services in house.
Please note: we do not do copy shop style printing (i.e CV’s, Passport Photos, documents)
We also have relationship with Skar Image Lab to give our customers access to a larger range of paper stocks than we can hold in house, as well as specialty scanning and artwork reproduction services.
What can you print?
Digital artwork, photographs, house plans, drawings, family photos, newspaper articles, painting scans, the list goes on. We’ve seen all sorts through the door over the years.
Our printer can print up to 44 inches wide (1117.6mm) which means we can print all sorts of sizes, and if your work doesn’t suit a paper stock we have on hand, we have experts we can outsource to who are as meticulous about output as we are.
Paper Options
Breathing Color Vibrance Matte 230gsm
Vibrance Matte is a gorgeous bright white based uncoated stock, giving you a true “matte paper” print. This paper is heavier (thicker) than the standard matte stock we used to use, meaning the prints feel a little more luxe.
Breathing Color Vibrance Lustre 260gsm
Vibrance Lustre is a classic semi-gloss photo paper, giving rich colours and blacks without being too glossy. High gloss stocks, when put behind regular glass, can have a lot of reflections in certain light so from a picture framing perspective we felt a lustre stock was a perfect balance.
Breathing Color Signa Smooth 270gsm
Signa Smooth is a 100% cotton archival grade rag paper, with a smoother texture than the German Etching. This is a beautiful match for our day to day white mat boards, which makes it perfect for cartoons and certificates where a lot of paper is showing when framed.
Canson Rag Photographique 310gsm
Rag Photographique is a 100% cotton museum grade white fine art and photo paper. Perfect for all kinds of photographs or artwork reproductions, it is incredibly versatile and gives a high quality final look.
Breathing Color River Stone Satin Rag 260gsm
River Stone Satin Rag is a luxe photographic paper whose intention it to try and replicate the papers used in the classic darkroom printing process. Rich blacks and good shadow detailing makes it perfect for photos with deep colours, as well as creating stunning traditional feeling black and white images.
Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm
German Etching is a traditional mould-made copperplate printing paper. It has a beautiful texture, making it perfect for fine art printing. We have seen this work particularly well with landscape photos, wedding images and fine art reproductions.
Scanning
Have an old photograph you need digitised? Maybe an old article? Or maybe you want to frame an old photo but only have the film strips?
Don’t worry, we can do everything for you.
Our scanner is an Epson professional photographic quality flatbed designed to create incredibly high res digital files, great for both printing and framing, or to ensure a digital copy for safe keeping.
If you are having something framed with us, but would love to have a digital version for safe keeping, let us know during the consultation process and we will scan the item before putting it through to the rest of the team for framing.
If you have a photo that is a special family heirloom and everyone in the family wants a copy, we can scan it, frame the original for you, and print copies for the rest of the family so that everyone has one.
Retouching
Be it a digital file, or a physical one you want us to scan, sometimes there are bits and pieces you may want touched up before printing. Don’t worry, we can help you there too.
We handle all the post scanning retouching and colour correction to ensure you get the best possible printed result.
Tears, discolouration, and other bits of damage are all things that may be able to be corrected after scanning.
Minor touchups will be included in the cost of scanning or printing, major retouching will be done on an hourly rate and discussed with you prior to commencing.
Skar Image Lab, Kingsland
Because we primarily do picture framing, we don’t have the space to do absolutely every service under the sun, that is where the team at Skar Image Lab come in.
For a range of specialty paper stocks, high end drum film scanning, large reproductions of artwork, and more, they are the perfect accompaniment to our services.
We will handle everything on your behalf, making it even easier to get everything you need sorted all in one place.
