Availability of Art Prints

Each fine art print is printed on-demand and hence we are able to offer all these paintings in all these options and different sizes at all times. They are produced from high resolution digital scans of the original artworks in the Tyne & Wear Museums' Collections. Choose any painting at any size as a fine art print, canvas print, box canvas print or a framed picture. We do not keep stocks of poster or prints ....we really do print on-demand.  And we deliver to most places in the world.

Art Print Quality 

The giclee prints are individually produced high-resolution reproduction prints produced on special large format printers.  The fine art prints are reproduced at high resolutions of 1440 printed dots per inch (dpi) on satin and gloss papers, fine art paper and canvases.  

The giclee print process is recognised by the Fine Arts Trade Guild as a medium of the very highest quality for the reproduction of art prints that accurately display the artist’s true purpose.  These fine art prints are far superior to low priced traditional lithographic prints and posters printed typically at 300dpi. 

The pictures of the paintings on the site are low resolution thumbnails but each art print is produced from a high resolution file by our own staff and machines in Bletchley. We guarantee that you will receive superb gallery quality fine art prints in the fastest possible turnaround time. 

Substrates - Papers and Canvas

For simplicity online, we use the following substrates: 

  -  Satin Paper
  -  Gloss Paper
  -  Fine Art Paper
  -  Canvases.

Satin Paper is satin 3944 - 230 g/m² high quality photo paper - Supersorb Photo Paper PE 220 - which is microporous SuperDry coated, based on a high quality opaque white double sided PE coated true photo paper with exceptional fast drying time. This high quality paper ensures vibrant photo-realistic image reproduction and has super fast drying of all common inks with a very high ink limit and exceptional wide colour gamut with soft colour gradients.

Gloss Paper is glossy 3938 - 230 g/m² high quality photo paper - Supersorb Photo Paper PE 220 - which is microporous SuperDry coated, based on a high quality opaque white double sided PE coated true photo paper with exceptional fast drying time. This high quality paper ensures vibrant photo-realistic image reproduction and has super fast drying of all common inks with a very high ink limit and exceptional wide colour gamut with soft colour gradients.

Fine Art Paper is 315 gsm coated Smooth Cotton High White 100% Cotton Fourdrinier Acid Free Paper. This silky smooth surface structure is designed to retain the natural characteristics of a smooth high-white art paper whilst maintaining the necessary natural aesthetics demanded by fine art. The surface has a special matte coating, designed for high quality fine art and photographic reproduction and designed particularly for giclée technology. It is a high white ultra smooth surface archival quality paper with excellent colour gamut.

Our Canvas is an Instant Dry Canvas WR 350 Satin - 350 g/m² - a single side satin coated Artistic Canvas designed for high quality graphic-art applications on inkjet plotters and printers. You can choose to have a rolled print or a box canvas print – a canvas stretched across a strong wooden frame and delivered to you ready to hang.  (See Canvas Prints).

We can print your image in any print size to suit your particular requirements and please contact us directly if you do need a specific size. For simplicity on the website, our standard print sizes follow the European 'A' size convention: 

 Fine Art Print Perspectives

The original images are a variety of shapes and sizes. We use the principle whereby if the aspect ratio of the selected image does not match the selected print paper size, the print will be made to maximize the size of the print on the paper, i.e. the longest edge of the print will match the longest edge of the paper.

Border

Art Prints can optionally be provided with a border (eg to allow for framing) of approximately 15mm around the image. This is our standard margin but we can amend this to suit your own particular requirements so please contact us if you need this changed. Prints are not provided cropped: for special border and cropping requirements, please contact Printree directly.

Specific Sizes and Substrate Requests

As our service truly is prints-on-demand we can accept enquiries for special sizes, substrates and other services such as laminating, varnishing and mounting. Please contact us to discuss your own art print requirements; we will be happy to try and help. Please email Printree at info@printree.net or call on 0845 658 2470 or +44(0)1908 372727.