Treat Yourself Canvas and Beat The Back-To-Work Blues

It's almost as if you'd never been away! Now everyone's well and truly stuffed full of Easter eggs, it's business as usual again in the UK. We hope you had a good Easter Bank Holiday?

If yours ended too quickly, and you're suffering the back-to-work blues, then we have the perfect remedy, and it doesn't even involve the liquor cabinet! For those of you lucky enough to have your own office or office wall, have you looked at it properly recently. Could you even remember what's on it? A few hastily-printed pieces of A4 for reference and some Post-it notes perhaps? No wonder you're feeling blue!

What you need is some beautiful artwork to brighten your surroundings and make your colleagues swoon with envy. What greater way to do this than having 48 Hour Canvas prepare you a photo on canvas from one of your favourite holiday shots? Just think, you could use to to drift off into sunny holiday-land every Monday morning!

The first step is easy. All you need to do is upload your holiday photo to our famous canvas configurator. This amazing part of our site will show you exactly what your finished photo on canvas will look like. You can even change the colour of the walls and floor in the preview to make sure everything looks just right.

So go on, beat those post-break blues and brighten your space today!

Photo On Canvas for Photographers

Calling all photographers! Have you considered offering a photo on canvas product to your clients? Photo on canvas prints are perhaps even more popular than traditionally-mounted photo wall prints these days, and the trend is set to continue. You customers may already be asking you about a canvas product.

We understand that photography is your craft, and that a photo on canvas would need to measure up to your own exacting standards of print work. At 48 Hour Canvas, don't be fooled into thinking our efficiency means quality suffers. The quality of our canvasses is of paramount importance to us. Superb standard in colour and finish are maintained throughout the process by our experienced digital specialists. Your work is in safe hands with 48 Hour Canvas.

What's more, we can send direct to your clients in either anonymous packaging, or with your own branding or promotional materials. This is a great way to cut down on shipping costs; you only have to pay our low £4.99 delivery charge once.

For an experienced, knowledgable canvas-making service from a team that values attention to detail, look no further than 48 Hour Canvas. Why not email us with your specific requirements, and get the ball rolling on your brand new canvas photo format?

Looking For a Unique Mother's Day Gift? Try a Photo On Canvas

If you're anything like 48 Hour Canvas, you're always somewhat puzzled about Mothers Day at this time of year. "When actually is it?" "I'm pretty sure it was the 21st last year?" "Or was it the 17th? I've not missed it, have I?!"

Don't worry, you're not alone, and you're not the terribly ungrateful son/daughter that you thought you were. Mother's Day changes each year because it takes place on the middle Sunday of lent, which lasts from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter Sunday.

We know - life's complicated enough without all this! So as a helping hand from 48 Hour Canvas, here's the dates for the next three years:

2009: March 22nd

2010: March 14th

2011: April 3rd

Now there really are no excuses. Bookmark this page for future reference, and you can effortlessly breeze through the ordeal for the next two years as well! But back to this year.

So you've done the whole flowers, chocolates, M&S candles thing for the last goodness-knows-how-many years and this year you really want to give her something special. Something spectacular. And most importantly, something much better than whatever your sister is going to come up with.

Never fear, we've got you covered. 48 Hour Canvas will create you the best gift your mum has ever received, let alone for Mothers Day... a beautiful photo on canvas print. Why not dig through your collection for a really special photo that she'll love?

Once you've found the perfect photo, you can head straight over to the Upload Your Photo page, and start playing with the options. Once you've picked your desired options, we'll take care of everything else to turn your photo into an amazing work of art.and despatch it in 48 Hours direct to your door.

You'll be sure to have the broad smile of someone who knows they won't have to fight hoardes of marauding shoppers for the last set of tired smellies next Saturday!

Redefining The Printing Of Photo On Canvas

48 Hour Canvas is a company that was founded on the principle of quality above all. Achieving superb photo on canvas print quality is always our aim, and using the best available printer technology is fundamental to achieving it. Digital printing has come a long way in recent years, and new technologies are developed all the time. Having experience with many of the large-format printers used for Giclée canvas art, there really was only one choice for us…

Epson is one of those firms that are never fully satisfied with the printing technology they introduce. They never stop thinking and experimenting. And after they finally develop what you think is the best printing technology possible, they push further to make it even better. Their new Stylus Pro 9880 model marked a watershed in the printers we use to make photo on canvas, and the improvements are ground-breaking.

Epson UltraChrome K3™ is the standard by which all other professional level ink technologies are judged. New enhancements include breakthrough new Vivid Magenta pigments, and a new-generation, three-level black ink technology, significantly raising the quality of both colour and black and white digital prints. We are now able to produce archival canvas prints with amazing colour fidelity and scratch resistance, while providing consistently stable colours that significantly outperform lesser ink technologies.

The three-level black system and a unique screening technology have been specifically developed to produce professional black-and-white prints from both colour and greyscale photos. These technologies improve overall black density for significantly richer blacks, as well as outstanding midtones and highlights.

Amazingly consistent prints are now possible, with no colour crossover or colour cast. Whether your photos are neutral, greyscale or vibrant, the Epson Ultrachrome ink set will render your image with uncompromising quality. This superior colour gamut and clarity gives an almost three-dimensional look that goes beyond what a traditional photograph can produce.

A photo on canvas is printed by a printer capable of spraying microscopic droplets of pigmented ink directly onto the canvas. This process is known as Giclée. With an even higher level of ink droplet accuracy, Epson have developed the all new MicroPiezo® AMC™ print head and an all-new ink repelling coating. When combined the new Epson AccuPhoto™HD screening technology, the astonishing resolution of 2880 x 1440 dpi is now possible, for unrivalled levels of photographic detail.

Suffice to say we’re delighted with the extraordinary performance of Epson’s latest large-format photographic printer, and we’re positive you’ll be even more excited by the results. Once you see your completed photo on canvas, you’ll see for yourself what all the fuss is about!

Why Choose 48 Hour Canvas For Your Canvas Prints?

As you know, there are a huge number of photo on canvas suppliers out there. With modern digital printing, the sky really is the limit, and the options available for your canvas prints are numerous. Would you like colour? Black and White? Or Sepia, perhaps? Then there's bleed or no bleed, and finish type to consider...

With such a huge number of options, prices and products how there, how should you choose amongst them? And what makes 48 Hour Canvas so special? In this article, we'll let you know about the things that make 48 Hour Canvas such a great place to purchase your canvas prints...

At 48 Hour Canvas, we aim to give you a great range of options. For those that know exactly what they want, you can specify a huge number of colour options and edge types. Perhaps you'd like green sides to your photo canvas? No problem! Pick directly from a wide range of colours.

However, what if you're Not only that, we let you actually see your choices on screen in a real room! Can't decide between colour and monochrome? We'll show you in real-time. Want to see how black edges will look with your brown floor and white walls? No problem, you can customise the room to match your own and really see what your finished canvas will look like. Take the guesswork out of choosing your artwork with the 48 Hour Canvas Canvas Configurator.

Once you've seen just how good your canvas will look with the Canvas Configurator, you won't want to wait ages to receive your order. That's why 48 Hour Canvas offer the fastest order processing on the internet. We take just two working days from when you place your order to create and despatch an amazing photo on canvas from your photo.

Which brings us onto quality. What good would these amazing features and order processing be if we didn't deliver a superb quality product? With 48 Hour Canvas, your treasured photos are in great hands. Our skilled team has a wealth of experience in canvas print making and we know what it takes to create a stunning canvas.

From the initial processing of your photo by our expert graphics specialists, to the framing and finishing of the printed piece, we maintain the highest quality standards throughout. From start to finish, only the finest materials are used to really give your photos that wow-factor. When your friends and family are amazed by your beautiful new photo on canvas, we know we've done our job.

So now you've seen how our amazing Canvas Configurator, our speedy delivery times and our superior quality standards. Why not see for yourself why everyone is talking about 48 Hour Canvas?

Choose The Right Canvas For Your Photo On Canvas

To go with the plethora of canvas print suppliers who make photo on canvas products, there are a similarly wide range of canvas types on the market. Choosing the right canvas can make the difference between a superb quality canvas print and a cheap-looking one.

In today's post, we'd like to tell you a little more about the canvas materials, or medias, and why the canvas we use is of such high quality...

Printing onto canvas using inkjet technology, now known as giclee, is a relatively new process. Giclee printing uses spinning nozzles which rapidly spray minute particles of vivid, archival inks directly onto the canvas. The system produces amazingly detailed, vibrant images directly from digital photos.

Until recently, the choice of canvas media on available on the market was small. High quality inkjet coatings were still in their infancy, and didn't provide the full range of colour and high levels of whiteness they do today.

The whiteness of the inkjet coating is very important, as it will affect how bright and 'true' the colour rendition of your photo canvas will be. Canvas with a high whitness, or white point will have optical brightening chemicals added to its coating to provide a whiteness similar to a sheet of good quality office paper. Other canvasses may look cream by comparison, sometimes leading to dull colour rendition.

We use a bright white, museum quality, matte cotton canvas at the study thickness of 450gsm . Specifically designed for the décor giclee print market, our canvas delivers exceptional print quality. It is manufactured with to exacting standards, with an extraordinary white point, wide color gamut and high Dmax value.

Your photos are special to you, and our job is to ensure your photo on canvas is just as special...

Welcome to the Photo On Canvas blog!

You’ve arrived! Now you’re here, we’d love to tell you all about the exciting new world of creating beautiful photo canvasses from your own photos. A a piece of stunning canvas art can now be created your digital photos faster than you may think. But first, please allow us take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about ourselves and how we came ship the fastest photo on photo canvasses out there.

48 Hour Canvas was founded by some of the UK’s most experienced digital graphic specialists and canvas print makers. This team has a broad range of skills and backgrounds, many in other photo on canvas companies. However, what brought them together to form 48 Hour Canvas was one simple idea...

We wanted to prove that it was possible to offer a service that shipped a premium quality photo on canvas piece in 48 hours, or two working days. We knew that it should be possible to create the best photo canvasses in this short time, but it certainly wasn’t going to be easy!

A really high quality photo on canvas is the culmination of many varied processing and production stages. This is largely why many photo canvas suppliers on the web quote much longer lead-times, sometimes up to 28 days. Much of the quality of a finished digital canvas depends upon materials, of course, but we knew we would have access to some of the finest canvas and frames available in the world. We realised that in order to cut down the time it takes to create a superb photo canvas, we would need to completely rethink the way we approached our canvas art manufacturing.

The first thing we decided to do was to concentrate solely on photo on canvas pieces, allowing us to spend our time doing what we do best. Our team consists of some of the most experienced framers and digital graphic specialists in the industry, so we knew we had the right people for the job.

Our idea was to have our team create canvasses essentially in real-time. Once an order is placed on the 48 Hour Canvas website, it is collected by our graphics team. They then use their digital imaging skills to enhance and upscale the photo, ready for printing. The print team is on hand to keep our Epson large-format giclee fine art printers maintained and fed with this influx of customer photos. Once the photo prints have been checked for quality, they are sealed using a high quality giclee coating, giving utmost protection. Minimising damage and wastage are key to our strategy, allowing us to work a lot more efficiently than many canvas print companies where this can be a problem.

Whilst these processes are in motion, the order information has already been passed to our framers who are preparing the correct frames for the order. Once the prints are dry, the framers take over for the gallery-wrapping and finishing process. Getting the framing process right first time really is crucial; there’s no going back if something goes wrong here! A problem would mean starting the printing and spraying process from scratch. This is why our framers are so important, and we have some of the most experienced gallery-wrappers in the country. They are responsible for stretching the canvas, which is then secured at the back of the frame. It is a delicate process that requires manual dexterity and experience to create a neat photo on canvas. Solid wood tensioning wedges are used with the stretcher frame to complete the stretching process.

Once the canvas has been stretched, we don’t stop there. Using premium framing tape on the back of the canvas adds a superb finishing touch to a great photo on canvas. This step isn’t necessarily essential, as you won’t see it when it when the canvas is mounted on the wall. However, it really adds a touch of class when giving as a gift. You will know it’s there, which we think is a nice feeling!

In order to realise our dream of despatching a high quality photo canvas in 48 hours, we knew that packing and despatching orders would be key to our success. Giving a dedicated despatch team responsibility over packing the newly-created canvas art as it was made would allow everyone in the other teams to focus on their own roles.

Once we’ve despatched our orders using the best protective materials available, we send them on their way using next day Fedex, the international standard in express delivery couriers.
So now you know about our story and our mission, what next?

To save you even more time and to make things clearer and simpler, we’ve developed a unique website that allows you to actually see what your finished canvas will look like in a room. You can even change the wall and floor colours so make sure it won’t clash! The 48 Hour Canvas website automatically advises you on the quality of your photo, and offers a wide range of options and edge types...

What could be simpler?