New Polycotton Canvas Widths

We’ve just updated our range of Polycotton canvas. We now have the full range of widths from 17 to 60 inch. http://www.opusalbums.com.canvas

OPUSalbums.com Introduces You Frame Cannvas Box Mounting Kits

Press Release. Rochester, 2 January 2009

Link OPUSalbums – You Frame

OPUSalbums.com a leading supplier of digital canvas, paper, albums and digital printing software announce that they have added the You Frame Cannvas Box Mounting Kits to their range.

Box mounting kits allow stretched canvas to used to display art works, promotional material etc. The You Frame range enables users who have produced the canvas prints on their own printer to make up the frame themselves avoiding the cost of its being done by a specialist. Kits – which may make up frames to 20”x30” start at £9.95.

Daniel Roberts, Director of OPUSalbums.com said “The You Frame will complement our Innova Polycotton canvas range. One of the best canvas products is now complemented with a unique frame concept for users to produce framed art and promotional displays economically”.

OPUSalbums.com is a worldwide specialist in print-your-own digital photo albums, digital scrapbooks, professional photo paper and creative inkjet papers. We are distributors for Unibind binding, Innova Art and Olmec digital paper, ColorJet creative papers – including the famous photo-accordions, album making software from PXLSoft (dg Foto Art), ACDSee (Fotoslate4 etc) We supply the complete kits – paper, covers, binding and the software – including Photoshop add-on’s. A site packed full album making tips and advice.

OPUSalbums.com is owned and managed by Incartek (Ink Cartridge Technologies Ltd) of Rochester, Kent, England.

You Frame is produced by Blanc Canvas Ltd of Guisley Yorks

Innova Digital Polycotton Canvas

The new Innova digital canvas range provides a selection of exciting and unique products which will transform the output of your images onto canvas and cut down on finishing time. The smooth woven surface of this polycotton canvas has been coated with a microporous gloss coating which is similar to the gloss coating we use on our FibaPrint range of papers. Therefore Innova achieves an extremely high good gloss, matte and semi-matte coatings which enhance colour gamut, and d-max in the dark areas of a print, whilst the smooth weave keeps detail needed in photographic images. The Microporous coating results in a very flexible canvas which is excellent for stretching and framing. It is easy to stretch and there is no cracking on the corners.

Innova digital canvas products are offered in roll format only. Paper feeding of cut sheet canvas products is not reliable enough. The use of cut sheet paper is therefore not recommended. Wider formats (36″-914mm and 44″-1136mm) are available on request.

Products offered comprise:

380gsm Polycotton Ultra Gloss Photo Canvas

A high white polycotton canvas with a glossy woven smooth photo surface making it ideal for photographic reproduction. The high gloss coating achieves an extremely high level of gloss which enhances colour gamut and d-max in the dark areas of a print whilst the smooth weave keeps the detail needed in photographic images.
Innova Ultra Gloss Polycotton Photo Canvas 17in(432mm) x 15m 380gsm (SKU: IFA-36-R17)
Innova Ultra Gloss Polycotton Photo Canvas 24in(610mm) x 15m 380gsm (SKU: IFA-36-R24)

350gsm Polycotton Matte Photo Canvas

A bright white polycotton canvas with a smooth woven surface making it ideal for photographic reproduction. The canvas is water resistant and can be finished with water based and solvent giclée varnishes to seal the surface and extend UV resistance.
Innova Polycotton Photo Matte Canvas 24in(610mm) x 15m 350gsm (SKU: IFA-35-610×15)
Innova Polycotton Photo Matte Canvas 17in(610mm) x 15m 350gsm (SKU: IFA-35-432×15)

340gsm Polycotton Matte Digital Fine Art Canvas

Innova’s new fine art canvas matte is a high white canvas with a smooth woven surface which make it ideal for the reproduction of Photographic images and artwork where high detail is required, whilst still retaining the qualities of a true canvas. It is a very flexible canvas because of it polycotton content, and ideal and easy to stretch. The canvas is water resistant
Innova Polycotton Matte Digital Fine Art Canvas 17in(432mm) x 15m 340gsm roll (SKU: IFA-33-432×15)
Innova Polycotton Matte Digital Fine Art Canvas 24in(610mm) x 15m 340gsm roll (SKU: IFA-33-610×15)

Innova Canvas Textile Effect paper

Innova Canvas Textile Effect paper is a natural white paper with a structured canvas weave effect which gives the appearance of a true cotton canvas but with the flexibility of a paper. It is an acid free, single side coated media. Here are examples but full range of boxed and roll papers are available – see the OPUSalbums.site

Innova Canvas Textile Effect Paper 315gsm A4- Single side – Box 50 Sheets (SKU: IFA-08-A4-50)
Innova Canvas Textile Effect Paper 315gsm A3- Single side – Box 50 Sheets (SKU: IFA-08-A3-50)

Trial Pack

Innova Art Digital Photographic Papers & Canvas- Trial Pack - 13 sheets (SKU: IFA-SPGS-A4)

Printing on Canvas

The OctOPUS Pro blog – from OPUSalbums.com

Printing on Canvas

canvas printing

Given the progress in inkjet and media technology, demand for printing photographs and art on canvas is growing exponentially. Whether you have a good inkjet printer or you prefer to have your work done by a professional outfit, it is worth to explore this option for any type of image.

Artists regularly order limited edition prints on canvas and watercolour papers to sell to collectors. These reproductions usually are signed and are accompanied by a COA (Certificate of authenticity). Buyers are very receptive to purchasing canvas prints they can hang up without a protective glass, without worrying about scratches and water damage.

The texture of a fine art canvas is unparalleled in beauty; a protective coating is applied on top to give the substrate a matte, lustre or glossy look. If you prefer to experiment with this material to see the results, canvas sheets are available at many stores that carry inkjet products.

Polycotton canvas is available in ultra gloss and matte finishes for photographic art reproduction and in fine art matte optimised for inkjet art reproduction. For more information please see

The differences between a home desktop printer and a professional one are many but I will focus on the most important. First, commercial machines can be outfitted with pigmented inks; these inks differ from dye inks commonly found in the cheap home printers because they are archival and will not fade for decades. Dyes on the other hand will start losing brilliance in a matter of months. There are some home use printers now that offer a form of hybrid dye/pigment system. The second difference is the nozzle quality; pro level systems have extremely sophisticated nozzles that can render a very fine dot and exceptional tonal rendition.

The process of printing on fine art materials such as canvas and watercolor papers is referred to as “giclée”. Giclée is a french term that loosely translated means “sprayed on”. It refers to the nozzles which spray ink onto the paper. Giclée printing involves some of the characteristics described above and it is usually performed by professional shops, but it is possible to do this in your own place with little more than a high end inkjet printer. It mostly depends on the print format.

With the latest papers and a good inkjet printer you are able to do this at home – or in a studio. An A2/3 printer such as the Epson 2400 or 3800 is fine. The two most well-known suppliers of paper are Innova (with whom we are associated) and Hahnemühle, though there are more restricted ranges from other manufacturers and the printer manufacturers.

© Daniel Roberts – this may be reproduced in whole or part – so long as the source is acknowledged and a link to OPUSalbums is provided.

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