Printing Large on Canvas

[PixelRabbit]

Has anyone done this and how were the results?
Are there things better suited for canvas than others?
Any thoughts are appreciated!
I'm thinking about getting one of my Autumn Impressionistic shots printed approx 5x3ft to fill a large wall on the landing half way up the stairs.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Oh and how much would you expect to pay for a canvas print that large? A friend gave me a quote and it seems way cheaper than I expected it to be.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

I won a free 2x3 professional canvas and had this pic done. But the normal price was a little over $200 bux.

 

[PixelRabbit]

LOVE that!!
Wow, ok, yep, unless there is a huge difference in the canvas (?) he is giving me a great price.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

LOVE that!!
Wow, ok, yep, unless there is a huge difference in the canvas (?) he is giving me a great price.

Thanks and indeed he is, prices go up exponentially as size increases

 

[PixelRabbit]

I was so distracted by the price I forgot to ask (highest he quoted was less than half that for 3x5ft on monet canvas), where you happy with it on canvas?

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Yeah I am amazed the detail captured on the canvas

 

[KmH]

If the price is low, check to make sure the 'canvas' is actually canvas, and not textured plastic. I would also want to know about the inks/dyes being used.

I would expect to pay about $500 for a museum quality 60 x 36 gallery wrapped canvas, and at that size I would expect the gallery wrap to be 1.5 inches to accommodate the needed stretcher bar size.

 

[MLeeK]

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How close are you going to be viewing this print? It sounds as if it is incredibly close in which case it's not such a great place to put it and a gallery of smaller images that the eye can process would be better.
Images need to be printed and viewed properly. For example you wouldn't put an 8x10 in the middle of a 20' wall to be viewed in a 20x20 space. That would be a great scenario for your gigantic canvas.
BUT an 8x10 or a bunch of them would be appropriate in a stairwell where you are viewing from nearly point blank range...

Now if this is an open stair where it'll be viewed from the room below-that's a good candidate for a larger print...

 

[MLeeK]

Let me add that CGPro doesn't have the 100 year guarantee that Simply Canvas has. I sell them as my 'cheap' canvas. I am incredibly impressed with them. Better than COD or several of the others I have tried and CHEAP AS HELL.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Here is a pic from my iPod so excuse the quality.





The picture that is there is 32x24, thoughts?

 

[MLeeK]

I think a nice large vertical would be great there.
You are going to view from both extra close and far away. I'd fall in favor of the far away.

 

[PixelRabbit]

And this is the one I'm thinking about printing...

 

[Big Mike]

The term "canvas print" can mean several different things.

For example, the lab I use (here in Edmonton) has a 'traditional canvas' option where they print the image on metallic paper and then lift the emulsion and put it onto a blank piece of artist's canvas, then embed it with heat and pressure. The metallic quality of the paper, combined with the texture of the canvas, gives it an amazing quality when viewed in person. I've found that images with rippled water seem to actually ripple as you walk by and change the light reflections. I've got a 50"x30" gallery wrap in my livingroom.
The print itself was $200+ and to have it professionally stretched and wrapped onto the frame was another $200+, so a total more than $500.

The other type of canvas print that my lab offers, which is much more common with other labs, is to use a paper that is already embedded with canvas and just run it though a wide format inkjet printer. The results can be pretty good, but it lacks the 'wow factor' of the traditional canvas prints that I have done.

So with your 'unbelievably cheap' offer, I'd guess it's the paper option (which is OK) but it may not include any type of mounting/stretching.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thank you thank you thank you.

I will look onto the canvases he quoted, he did say the lower priced option was two sided, one plastic but the Monet canvas was not, I will research.
I think for a first time giving this a shot (printing ANYTHING let alone BIG lol) coupled with being tight on money right now I'll go for it as long as I'm not overpaying.