- Affordable museum-quality Gallery wrap canvas
- Giclée prints from your own Photos and art
- Ready to hang with innovative glassless mountings
Your print on Luster or Metallic photo paper
Advantages of photo paper
- Shows high detail
- Shows bright colors and deep blacks
- Works with all of our mountings except Gallery wrap elite
- Luster is less expensive
Disadvantages
- Shows reflections
- Not as durable as canvas and Photo Tex
- Metallic is more expensive
Prints on Luster photo paper look similar to the small ones that you receive from your standard photo lab. The prints show rich, saturated colors, deep blacks, and great detail. Prints show excellent water-resistant properties, and there is no loss of gloss across the surface, even in areas with heavy ink coverage.
Metallic photo paper
This paper has a silver tone and very high gloss so photos look like they are printed on metal. The metal look is mainly in the whites and color reduces the affect so this paper is especially well suited to black and white images.
Photo Tex
Although much different in composition from photo paper, our Photo Tex with a heavy coating of gloss Glamour II veneer looks very much like glossy photo paper. Advantages are increased durability and compatibility with gallery wrap.
The matte vs. blacks compromise
With all papers there is a trade-off between a matt (non-reflective) surface and the highest D-max (deep dark blacks). The price you pay for good blacks and rich saturated colors in photo paper is more reflections from lights and windows in the room. You should choose a paper and coating based on which is more important for you -- deep blacks and bright colors or reduced glare.
Luster (eSatin) vs. glossy paper
Luster paper, also called eSatin, shows less reflections compared to high gloss paper and does not show fingerprints. When you hold it up to the light it sparkles. Choose our metallic paper if you want high gloss.
Mountings for photo paper
The photo papers work well for Flat mount, Floating mount, metal frame, and Box mount and can optionally be wrapped for any of these mountings.
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