Frequently asked questions
No! We can send prints all over Australia. Head to our 'Send Us Your Files' page to upload your file for printing. Let us know what size, paper choice and the postal address and we'll do the rest.
This is one of the biggest challenges when it comes to printing! We have spent a lot of time and money to ensure we get this right....everytime. We have world class Eizo screens, printer profiles made by Dr Les Walkling and have even painted the studio walls a specific neutral grey so your eyes don't get affected by the surrounds! You can bring your file into the lab and we can show you on our screen how it will look printed on your selected paper. This will be an extremely accurate match.
If you can't get into the studio the best thing to do is to edit your image on a calibrated monitor (you can do this with a monitor calibrator like a Spyder X). This will get you close and then you can trust us to do the rest. If needed, we will make slight changes to your image depending whihc paper stock you choose to print on.
If you don't have a calibrated monitor, don't worry! Send us your edited image and we will ensure we get the most out of it when printed.
Giclée, a French word, means 'to spray' and refers to the way inkjet printers create prints. These printers use fine spray nozzles to carefully apply ink tiny droplets of ink onto the ink receptive surface of the paper. This process allows artists to make extremely high quality prints of their original artwork and photographs. The word has gone on to represent fine art prints of the highest quality using pigment inks on archival museum grade papers. Fine art prints /Giclee prints - same thing.
In order for the printer to correctly print the colour that you see on screen it needs to be told what that colour actually is. The printer profile is the link between the image you see on screen and the printed version. The two need to be speaking the same language and the printer profile ensures this happens. We have spent a lot of time and money ensuring we have the best printer profiles available. All our profiles have been made by Dr Les Walkling, if you know about printing you have probably heard of him and his amazing work.
For fine art printing at Brunswick Print Lab, we recommend exporting as a TIFF, PSD, or JPEG in 8 or 16 bit, RGB color space at 300ppi Check our Send us your files page for more info.
Yes. We can set your file up ready for print.
Canson papers are some of the worlds finest art and photographic papers and have been produced in paper mills in France since the 15th century. The Canson Arches papers for instance were used by Van Gogh, Matisse, Chagall and Picasso. Brunswick Print Lab only use paper with no (or very little in the case of Baryta) optical brightening agents (OBA's). OBA's are chemicals that are added to the coating of inkjet papers to give them a brighter white. The only problem is, OBA's are unstable molecules that will turn the paper yellow after a short period of time. Not an option.
Canson achieve they're amazing white point by using only natural pigments, ensuring your prints can last up to 200 years without fading or yellowing.
The paper we stock is not cheap and in this case you very much get what you pay for. We can't bring ourselves to charge money for prints on papers that contain OBA's for them to then yellow and fade over time.
We believe in producing the best quality prints possible and Canson papers allow us to do that.
Yes, absolutely. Not only that we can print them on the finest papers available. Send us the files and leave the rest to us. If you can, set your phone to shoot in 'RAW' format.
We have a short turnaround time of one to two days at the moment. Urgent jobs can be negotiated.
Parking is available in the surrounding streets. You enter the shop from the Upfield bike path so there is no parking directly out the front but you'll get one close enough. We are next to Osoi Cafe. Check the map on our contact page.
We do not use any papers containing optical brightening agents (OBA's) which are chemicals that are added to the surface of the paper to make it brighter and whiter. However, these chemicals react to UV light and the image will degrade and yellow very quickly. Be very careful when selecting paper you are aware of the OBA content and what this will do to your print over time.
Our OBA free papers and latest Canon Pro Lucia II inks have been quoted to last up to 200 years without degrading when stored and displayed correctly.
If you want to geek out, check out this report form from Wilhelm Imaging Research.