Large canvas printing is a new and exciting development in do it yourself home or office decorating. Sometimes a large wall section just has to be covered with a single large scale piece of art. Recently, thanks in part to the internet; a tool long used by professional decorators has become available for amateur home interior designers. Now it is possible for you, the amateur, to design and create professional quality never before seen decorative wall hangings which fit perfectly into your home or office décor.

Why do the pros use it?

For almost three decades the professionals have turned to large canvas printing because the process used to create the canvas prints was the most accurate and reliable method of producing fine art reproductions. Professional artists and photographers know that when your business depends on producing beautifully sharp true color canvases only the best method will do and that is why Giclee printing became the preferred process for their own original art reproductions.

Giclee which is believed to be a French word meaning “to spray” refers to an industrial scale inkjet technology that is capable of spraying millions of tiny droplets of ink or dye onto the printing surface. Today it is possible to purchase an inkjet printer which produces high quality photographs from your own digital camera in your own home. These photo printers may use 4 or 6 colors during the printing process while a wide format industrial printer will use 12 different colors. The progression is easy to follow 4 colors in a plain paper inkjet, 6 or 7 colors in a photo quality inkjet and finally 12 colors in the professional inkjet printer used in large canvas printing.