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.
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.
Please note: we do not do copy shop style printing (i.e CV’s, Passport Photos, documents)
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.
More about our services:
Paper Options
With a new printer comes a new range of paper stocks. We are constantly assessing to see whether the is a gap to expand the range, but as of right now we feel the options offer a perfect balance of affordable day to day stocks, and luxe speciality stocks.
Breathing Colour Vibrance Matte 230gsm 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 Colour Vibrance Lustre 260gsm 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 Colour River Stone Satin Rag 365gsm 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 rich colours. This is certified archival grade by The Fine Art Trade Guild.
Breathing Colour Signa Smooth 270gsm is a 100% cotton archival grade rag paper, with a smoother texture than the German Etching. Perfect for photos, and particularly good for picture framing as the stock is the same tone as our universal white mat board, and contains no optical brighteners so it wont become whiter in the natural light. It is certified archival grade by The Fine Art Trade Guild.
Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm is a beautifully textured fine art stock. It has a premium weight, adding a luxurious feel to its images. Whilst it has a more limited application than the Signa smooth due to the texture, dreamy wedding photos and landscape images are perfect on this stock, and will make any image printed on it feel special.
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 and large reproductions of artwork, photographs, and more, they are the perfect accompaniment to our services.
We will handle everything on behalf, making it even easier to get everything you need sorted all in one place.
