Snap's pricing is rather expensive, I would have quoted that at around $50ish for their specs. Careful of a lot of those smaller places. They outsource a lot of that kind of work and just tag on a big markup.
Bannershop is good for cheap prices, but if you're after fine art quality, stay away. The biggest problem you're gonna run into with cheaper printers is getting the right colour (especially that blue) + decent print resolution, also, the stock wont be fine art quality, eg. archival stock etc.
170gsm is the standard paper for a lot of HP machines because the heads are thermal based. We have a designjet, max we put through is 250ish. If you can find someone who uses a new model epson you'll be able to print on thicker stocks with a bigger gamut (900 pro stylus series now prints in CMYKOG).
You're gonna find it hard to get a brown stock for large format inkjet. If you don't like white, try asking for 'natural' colour. I know a lot of fine art papers use that term rather than brown.
I'll see if I can get some names for you of some fine art printers if you like. Just be aware that you'll be paying more than but you'll be comparing 'point of sale' materials to fine art materials.
Stuffee
Joined: 10.03.10
Posts: 260
Posted: 27.07.2010 @ 12.20 PM
Snap's pricing is rather expensive, I would have quoted that at around $50ish for their specs. Careful of a lot of those smaller places. They outsource a lot of that kind of work and just tag on a big markup.
Bannershop is good for cheap prices, but if you're after fine art quality, stay away. The biggest problem you're gonna run into with cheaper printers is getting the right colour (especially that blue) + decent print resolution, also, the stock wont be fine art quality, eg. archival stock etc.
170gsm is the standard paper for a lot of HP machines because the heads are thermal based. We have a designjet, max we put through is 250ish. If you can find someone who uses a new model epson you'll be able to print on thicker stocks with a bigger gamut (900 pro stylus series now prints in CMYKOG).
You're gonna find it hard to get a brown stock for large format inkjet. If you don't like white, try asking for 'natural' colour. I know a lot of fine art papers use that term rather than brown.
I'll see if I can get some names for you of some fine art printers if you like. Just be aware that you'll be paying more than but you'll be comparing 'point of sale' materials to fine art materials.
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