Media for the Fine Arts - Digital Output Magazine
Media for the Fine Arts - Digital Output Magazine Media for the Fine Arts - Digital Output Magazine
28 #31 INFO# Company Web Site Product Information 137 KAPCO Graphic Products www.kapco.com KAPCO offers water-based inkjet and solvent media including fine art canvases and fabrics. Choose from 100 percent cotton and waterproof, matte, gloss, and satin poly/cotton blend canvases plus water-resistant satin cloth, polyester fiber, and fire retardant polyester knit fabrics. 138 Laird Plastics www.lairdplastics.com Laird carries a range of products for the graphics industry, from digital media to substrates and accessories. Laird distributes the following fabric lines for digital and dye-sublimation printing—Aurora Specialty Textiles, Berger Textiles, Deco Print, Ferrari Textiles, Neschen, Stafford Textiles, and Top Value Fabrics. 139 LexJet www.lexjet.com LexJet’s Sunset line of fine art paper, fibre-based photo paper, gloss and satin photo paper, canvas, and solvent/UV-curable media offers print shops the versatility and depth to tackle any fine art, photo, or décor project. LexJet’s Sunset line comes in a variety of sheet and roll sizes up to 60 inches wide. LexJet also offers its line of Sunset Coatings, water-based acrylic coatings; and Sunset Stretcher Kits, which provide an easy and economical way to produce high-quality gallery wraps in house. 140 McGrann Paper www.mcgrann.com MDI, a division of McGrann Paper headquartered in Charlotte, NC, offers the Natura digital media products line, a full range of wide format inkjet media designed for the evolving needs of digital printers. The company offers a solution for almost any application across multiple printing platforms ranging from water-based dye and pigment, solvent, UV-curable, and latex printers. 141 Moab by Legion Paper www.moabpaper.com The newest paper in the Moab range is Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260. Designed for photographers seeking to enhance images with a metallic look, Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260 transforms an image into lifelike, almost three dimensional quality. B&W images shine on this new paper producing deep dark blacks and ultra-bright highlights. 142 Museo Fine Art www.museofineart.com Ideal for professional, semi-professional, and pro-sumer photographers and artists, Museo Fine Art products provide image quality manufactured to archival standards with 100 percent cotton and internally buffered papers. They are available in common roll and sheet sizes for small, medium, and wide format inkjet printing. Museo’s Artistry Canvas and Enhance Match Component Set guarantees archivability of the finished product, not just of the canvas itself, for over 100 years. 143 Neschen Americas www.neschenbrands.com The Neschen Pure Color Media line for specialty printing features Monet Canvas, a heavyweight coated canvas with a prominent tooth that is ideal for giclée type reproductions. This strong, yet flexible canvas features a uniform matte texture and its specialized coating allows for vibrant, photo-realistic printing with a wide color gamut. It is designed for use with most solvent, eco-solvent, latex, and UV printers on the market. 144 Océ North America www.oceusa.com Océ Pro-Select 100 percent Cotton Canvas is designed for long-term, fade-resistant museum-quality canvas prints when using pigment inks. This 24-mil canvas includes a water-resistant coating, is universally compatible, and provides a wide color gamut and vivid color. 145 Pacific Coast Fabrics (PCF) www.pacificcoastfabrics.com PCF offers a growing number of solutions for printers specializing in fine art media. For those working with polyesters, fabrics include Deko-Tex 7057FLBS, a textile that excels in fine line definition and color reproduction. Deco-Structure 7582FLBS offers all the attributes of Deko-Tex with the added advantage of a textured surface that imparts a dimensionality to the print. For the budget conscious, the affordable and versatile 600 Denier Poly Duck is available. Deko-Green 7058RCFLBS is a European designed 100 percent recycled print fabric that provides a flawless quality of print and a vibrancy of color. 146 Parrot Digigraphic Ltd. www.parrotcolor.com New inkjet media products to the Parrot and Angelica lines include Angelica Universal Photomatte, Angelica Bright White Velvet II, matte and gloss canvases, textiles, and specialty signage products. The product range is designed and tested for full compatibility with aqueous piezo and thermal wide format printers. 147 Pitman, an Agfa Company www.pitman.com Pitman carries many brands and textures of digital fine art media from Epson, Graphix, InteliCoat, and Museo. It also offers various finishing products to complete almost any project. 148 Premier Imaging Products Ltd. www.premierart.info Premier Imaging Products is a leader in developing engineered printing and finishing solutions for the digital printer, photographer, and artist. It offers inkjet media for every fine art and photographic application. The Generations family of papers and canvas utilize ACX coating technology for the highest d-max, widest color gamut, and best image permanence. 149 Quality Media & Laminating Solutions www.qmls.com Quality offers an extensive line of print media for fine art and décor art applications. The product range includes art papers, canvas, wallcoverings, and fabrics from leading manufactures like Berger, DreamScape, and Sihl. In addition, Quality finishing products can be used to convert prints into long lasting pieces of art. 150 Roland DGA Corporation www.rolanddga.com Roland’s Solvent Satin and Gloss Canvas media line are designed for Roland’s Eco-SOL MAX ink. This coated, cotton/polyester-based media delivers high ink saturation and white point for superior image quality and stretches without cracking. 151 Sihl Digital Imaging www.sihlusa.com Sihl’s expansive portfolio of inkjet media for solvent, aqueous, latex, and UV-curable printers includes canvas, photo paper, backlit film, clear film, fabric transfer, semi-rigid film for pop- and roll-up displays, scrim banner, pressure-sensitive vinyl, and matte paper. 152 Top Value Fabrics www.topvaluefabrics.com Top Value Fabrics offers premium textiles for upscale point of purchase applications, including fine art. These fabrics are engineered to provide color consistency, image sharpness, and a wide color gamut. The two most popular fabrics are the 9 oz. Blockout Silver Back Textile and 4 oz. PVC-Free Fabric Self-Adhesive Wall Covering. Its 9 oz. Blockout Silver Back media is used for backdrops, canvas printing, fine art reprints, and banner stands. 4 oz. PVC-Free Fabric Self-Adhesive Wall Covering is used for wall murals and customized graphics for skyboxes, museums, and boardrooms. 153 Ultraflex Systems, Inc. www.ultraflexx.com Ultraflex introduces two new fine art products. MultiTex C220 is an affordable, versatile, and easy to print digital textile. FabriTac is a repositionable adhesive fabric. Existing fabrics in this category include Artex Canvas, UltraCanvas Artist, UltraCanvas Light, UltraCanvas Heavy, and UltraCanvas Backlit; all are earth-friendly, quality polyester fabrics designed for indoor and short-term outdoor signs, banners, reprographic art, wallcoverings, and trade show or event graphics. Some of these fabrics feature a universal print coating and may be digitally printed with solvent or UV inks on one side and dye-sublimation on the other. 154 Verseidag seemee US, Inc. www.seemeeus.com The seemee brand of products represents a variety of digital print substrates for interior and exterior market applications, supplying various widths from 36 to 196 inches. Its product range includes PVC coated and/or laminated products, which include backlit, frontlit, blockout, and meshes. It also offers a full range of innovative textiles that perform across the full gamut of digital print outputs. With the recent purchase of 3P InkJet Textiles, the product portfolio becomes more versatile and offers the print market even more substrate solutions for today’s diverse advertising market. 155 Worthen Industries www.perceptionwf.com Perception Wide Format Media offers fine art canvas and fabrics for use on water-based and eco-solvent ink based platforms. Offering bright white and true white coatings and trouble-free imaging surfaces, these products are designed for the utmost in consistent reproducibility; allowing users to create the most demanding reproductions with confidence, time after time. They are designed and manufactured in the U.S., using fabrics woven in American textile mills and chemistry perfect coatings produced by Worthen Industries. 202 Xerox Corporation www.xerox.com Xerox Universal Artist Canvas is a 340 gsm heavyweight coated, cotton-based, artist canvas intended for fine art applications commonly placed on a fabric textured surface. The company also offers a lighter 180 gsm canvas with a linen structure. Digital Output September 2012 www.digitaloutput.net
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#31<br />
INFO# Company Web Site Product In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
137 KAPCO Graphic Products www.kapco.com KAPCO offers water-based inkjet and solvent media including fine art canvases and fabrics. Choose from 100 percent cotton and<br />
waterproof, matte, gloss, and satin poly/cotton blend canvases plus water-resistant satin cloth, polyester fiber, and fire retardant<br />
polyester knit fabrics.<br />
138 Laird Plastics www.lairdplastics.com Laird carries a range of products <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> graphics industry, from digital media to substrates and accessories. Laird distributes <strong>the</strong><br />
following fabric lines <strong>for</strong> digital and dye-sublimation printing—Aurora Specialty Textiles, Berger Textiles, Deco Print, Ferrari Textiles,<br />
Neschen, Staf<strong>for</strong>d Textiles, and Top Value Fabrics.<br />
139 LexJet www.lexjet.com LexJet’s Sunset line of fine art paper, fibre-based photo paper, gloss and satin photo paper, canvas, and solvent/UV-curable media offers<br />
print shops <strong>the</strong> versatility and depth to tackle any fine art, photo, or décor project. LexJet’s Sunset line comes in a variety of sheet<br />
and roll sizes up to 60 inches wide. LexJet also offers its line of Sunset Coatings, water-based acrylic coatings; and Sunset Stretcher<br />
Kits, which provide an easy and economical way to produce high-quality gallery wraps in house.<br />
140 McGrann Paper www.mcgrann.com MDI, a division of McGrann Paper headquartered in Charlotte, NC, offers <strong>the</strong> Natura digital media products line, a full range of wide<br />
<strong>for</strong>mat inkjet media designed <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> evolving needs of digital printers. The company offers a solution <strong>for</strong> almost any application across<br />
multiple printing plat<strong>for</strong>ms ranging from water-based dye and pigment, solvent, UV-curable, and latex printers.<br />
141 Moab by Legion Paper www.moabpaper.com The newest paper in <strong>the</strong> Moab range is Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260. Designed <strong>for</strong> photographers seeking to enhance images with a<br />
metallic look, Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260 trans<strong>for</strong>ms an image into lifelike, almost three dimensional quality. B&W images shine on<br />
this new paper producing deep dark blacks and ultra-bright highlights.<br />
142 Museo <strong>Fine</strong> Art www.museofineart.com Ideal <strong>for</strong> professional, semi-professional, and pro-sumer photographers and artists, Museo <strong>Fine</strong> Art products provide image quality<br />
manufactured to archival standards with 100 percent cotton and internally buffered papers. They are available in common roll and<br />
sheet sizes <strong>for</strong> small, medium, and wide <strong>for</strong>mat inkjet printing. Museo’s Artistry Canvas and Enhance Match Component Set guarantees<br />
archivability of <strong>the</strong> finished product, not just of <strong>the</strong> canvas itself, <strong>for</strong> over 100 years.<br />
143 Neschen Americas www.neschenbrands.com The Neschen Pure Color <strong>Media</strong> line <strong>for</strong> specialty printing features Monet Canvas, a heavyweight coated canvas with a prominent tooth<br />
that is ideal <strong>for</strong> giclée type reproductions. This strong, yet flexible canvas features a uni<strong>for</strong>m matte texture and its specialized coating<br />
allows <strong>for</strong> vibrant, photo-realistic printing with a wide color gamut. It is designed <strong>for</strong> use with most solvent, eco-solvent, latex, and<br />
UV printers on <strong>the</strong> market.<br />
144 Océ North America www.oceusa.com Océ Pro-Select 100 percent Cotton Canvas is designed <strong>for</strong> long-term, fade-resistant museum-quality canvas prints when using pigment<br />
inks. This 24-mil canvas includes a water-resistant coating, is universally compatible, and provides a wide color gamut and vivid color.<br />
145 Pacific Coast Fabrics (PCF) www.pacificcoastfabrics.com PCF offers a growing number of solutions <strong>for</strong> printers specializing in fine art media. For those working with polyesters, fabrics include<br />
Deko-Tex 7057FLBS, a textile that excels in fine line definition and color reproduction. Deco-Structure 7582FLBS offers all <strong>the</strong> attributes<br />
of Deko-Tex with <strong>the</strong> added advantage of a textured surface that imparts a dimensionality to <strong>the</strong> print. For <strong>the</strong> budget conscious,<br />
<strong>the</strong> af<strong>for</strong>dable and versatile 600 Denier Poly Duck is available. Deko-Green 7058RCFLBS is a European designed 100 percent recycled<br />
print fabric that provides a flawless quality of print and a vibrancy of color.<br />
146 Parrot Digigraphic Ltd. www.parrotcolor.com New inkjet media products to <strong>the</strong> Parrot and Angelica lines include Angelica Universal Photomatte, Angelica Bright White Velvet II,<br />
matte and gloss canvases, textiles, and specialty signage products. The product range is designed and tested <strong>for</strong> full compatibility with<br />
aqueous piezo and <strong>the</strong>rmal wide <strong>for</strong>mat printers.<br />
147 Pitman, an Agfa Company www.pitman.com Pitman carries many brands and textures of digital fine art media from Epson, Graphix, InteliCoat, and Museo. It also offers various<br />
finishing products to complete almost any project.<br />
148 Premier Imaging Products Ltd. www.premierart.info Premier Imaging Products is a leader in developing engineered printing and finishing solutions <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> digital printer, photographer,<br />
and artist. It offers inkjet media <strong>for</strong> every fine art and photographic application. The Generations family of papers and canvas utilize<br />
ACX coating technology <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> highest d-max, widest color gamut, and best image permanence.<br />
149 Quality <strong>Media</strong> & Laminating<br />
Solutions<br />
www.qmls.com Quality offers an extensive line of print media <strong>for</strong> fine art and décor art applications. The product range includes art papers, canvas,<br />
wallcoverings, and fabrics from leading manufactures like Berger, DreamScape, and Sihl. In addition, Quality finishing products can be<br />
used to convert prints into long lasting pieces of art.<br />
150 Roland DGA Corporation www.rolanddga.com Roland’s Solvent Satin and Gloss Canvas media line are designed <strong>for</strong> Roland’s Eco-SOL MAX ink. This coated, cotton/polyester-based<br />
media delivers high ink saturation and white point <strong>for</strong> superior image quality and stretches without cracking.<br />
151 Sihl <strong>Digital</strong> Imaging www.sihlusa.com Sihl’s expansive portfolio of inkjet media <strong>for</strong> solvent, aqueous, latex, and UV-curable printers includes canvas, photo paper, backlit<br />
film, clear film, fabric transfer, semi-rigid film <strong>for</strong> pop- and roll-up displays, scrim banner, pressure-sensitive vinyl, and matte paper.<br />
152 Top Value Fabrics www.topvaluefabrics.com Top Value Fabrics offers premium textiles <strong>for</strong> upscale point of purchase applications, including fine art. These fabrics are engineered to<br />
provide color consistency, image sharpness, and a wide color gamut. The two most popular fabrics are <strong>the</strong> 9 oz. Blockout Silver Back<br />
Textile and 4 oz. PVC-Free Fabric Self-Adhesive Wall Covering. Its 9 oz. Blockout Silver Back media is used <strong>for</strong> backdrops, canvas printing,<br />
fine art reprints, and banner stands. 4 oz. PVC-Free Fabric Self-Adhesive Wall Covering is used <strong>for</strong> wall murals and customized<br />
graphics <strong>for</strong> skyboxes, museums, and boardrooms.<br />
153 Ultraflex Systems, Inc. www.ultraflexx.com Ultraflex introduces two new fine art products. MultiTex C220 is an af<strong>for</strong>dable, versatile, and easy to print digital textile. FabriTac is a<br />
repositionable adhesive fabric. Existing fabrics in this category include Artex Canvas, UltraCanvas Artist, UltraCanvas Light, UltraCanvas<br />
Heavy, and UltraCanvas Backlit; all are earth-friendly, quality polyester fabrics designed <strong>for</strong> indoor and short-term outdoor signs,<br />
banners, reprographic art, wallcoverings, and trade show or event graphics. Some of <strong>the</strong>se fabrics feature a universal print coating and<br />
may be digitally printed with solvent or UV inks on one side and dye-sublimation on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
154 Verseidag seemee US, Inc. www.seemeeus.com The seemee brand of products represents a variety of digital print substrates <strong>for</strong> interior and exterior market applications, supplying<br />
various widths from 36 to 196 inches. Its product range includes PVC coated and/or laminated products, which include backlit, frontlit,<br />
blockout, and meshes. It also offers a full range of innovative textiles that per<strong>for</strong>m across <strong>the</strong> full gamut of digital print outputs. With<br />
<strong>the</strong> recent purchase of 3P InkJet Textiles, <strong>the</strong> product portfolio becomes more versatile and offers <strong>the</strong> print market even more substrate<br />
solutions <strong>for</strong> today’s diverse advertising market.<br />
155 Wor<strong>the</strong>n Industries www.perceptionwf.com Perception Wide Format <strong>Media</strong> offers fine art canvas and fabrics <strong>for</strong> use on water-based and eco-solvent ink based plat<strong>for</strong>ms.<br />
Offering bright white and true white coatings and trouble-free imaging surfaces, <strong>the</strong>se products are designed <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> utmost in<br />
consistent reproducibility; allowing users to create <strong>the</strong> most demanding reproductions with confidence, time after time. They are<br />
designed and manufactured in <strong>the</strong> U.S., using fabrics woven in American textile mills and chemistry perfect coatings produced by<br />
Wor<strong>the</strong>n Industries.<br />
202 Xerox Corporation www.xerox.com Xerox Universal Artist Canvas is a 340 gsm heavyweight coated, cotton-based, artist canvas intended <strong>for</strong> fine art applications commonly<br />
placed on a fabric textured surface. The company also offers a lighter 180 gsm canvas with a linen structure.<br />
<strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Output</strong> September 2012 www.digitaloutput.net
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