Fine Art Prints
24x36 Fine Art Print
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Fine Art Prints on Cotton and Textured Papers
Some images deserve more than photo paper. Fine art printing puts your work on heavyweight cotton rag and textured matte stock, using pigment ink on our Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4000 — the same combination galleries and print studios use. The surface becomes part of the piece: a portrait on smooth cotton reads completely differently from the same image on heavy texture. Five papers to choose from, sizes to 40x60, and a test print available before you commit to the full size.
If you're after a classic photographic finish rather than a paper texture, our Enlargements collection is printed on the same machine in luster or metallic pearl.
Questions About Fine Art Prints
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How is this different from an enlargement?
Same printer, same inks, completely different paper. An enlargement goes on resin-coated photographic stock with a luster or metallic surface — smooth, slightly reflective, the classic photo look. Fine art paper is matte cotton or textured rag with no sheen at all, so the image sits in the paper rather than on it. Blacks read deeper, texture is visible, and it looks like a print rather than a photograph. Fine art also costs more, so it's worth being sure that's the look you're after.
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Which paper should I choose?
Depends on the image. Smooth cotton suits portraits and anything with fine detail you don't want interrupted. Heavier textures suit painterly work, landscapes, and reproductions of physical artwork, where the surface adds something. See the Materials tab for what each paper is and how it behaves — and if you're deciding between two, order a test print on the one you're less sure about. We also keep samples at the counter.
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Is this actually archival?
Yes, and here's what that means rather than just the word. Our cotton rag papers are acid-free and lignin-free — nothing in the sheet that breaks down and yellows over time. The ink is pigment rather than dye, meaning solid particles that sit stable in the coating instead of dissolving into it. That combination is what galleries and print studios use. What we can't control is where it hangs: any print in direct sun will fade eventually, whatever it's made of.
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I'm selling my work. Can you help with consistency?
This is what test prints are really for. We'll work with you until the color matches what you intended — particularly worth it if you're reproducing physical artwork, since printers can't hit every pigment a painter can. Once it's right, we hand back the corrected file, so every future order runs as-is and comes out identical. Do it once and reordering an edition takes no thought at all. See the Test Prints tab for how it works.
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Can you print artwork I made by hand?
Yes — bring the original in and we'll capture it here rather than working from a phone photo. Smaller pieces get scanned on our flatbed, which picks up far more detail and far truer color than a camera phone, and larger work can be scanned in sections and merged. For anything too big or too dimensional for a scanner — a large canvas, a piece with real texture or impasto — we photograph it in our studio under controlled lighting. Either way you end up with a master file you can print at any size later without handling the original again.
Because a fine art print is a bigger investment than a standard print, we can run a test first so you can confirm you're happy before we produce the final piece. Tests are especially useful for checking how your image looks on your selected paper, overall color, sharpness at the finished size, or color-matching to a print you already own.
We offer two kinds of tests:
| Test Type | What You Get | Best For |
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Test Strip
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A partial strip (about 5″) of your image, printed at the exact size of the fine art print you ordered. | Judging resolution and sharpness — how crisp the detail will look at the final dimensions, since it's printed at true size. |
Test Print
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Your full image printed at a smaller size (around 4×6). | Checking how the image looks on your chosen paper, overall color, or matching color to an original print you bring in. |
Test Pricing
- Each test (strip or print) is $20.
- Order a test on a fine art print with color correction and the first test is included.
- Changed your mind after seeing the test? That's totally okay! We'll refund your print in full, minus $20 for each test printed.
You're welcome to come in and review the test before we produce the final print.
For Artists and Photographers
If you're reproducing your own work or selling prints, test prints do something more useful than confirming a single order. We'll work with you until the color is right — matching to an original painting, a drawing, or whatever you're reproducing — adjusting and reprinting until it's where you want it. Printers can't hit every pigment a painter can, so this is a conversation rather than a single pass.
Once we get there, we hand you the color-corrected file. From then on you can order as is and every print will come out identical to the one you approved, with no proofing and no color correction charge. Do it once and reordering an edition takes no thought at all — which is the whole point if you're selling your work.
Five Papers
All five are matte and all five take pigment ink. What separates them is surface texture and base color — which is what changes how your image reads. The three Hahnemühle papers are acid-free, lignin-free, and ISO 9706 conform, the international standard for permanence.
Hahnemühle Photo Rag
100% cotton · bright white · smoothThe reference point for fine art printing, and the one to pick if you're unsure. A smooth cotton surface with a lightly defined felt structure — enough to feel, not enough to compete with the image. Best for portraits, detailed work, and anything where texture would get in the way.
Hahnemühle German Etching®
310 gsm · 100% α-cellulose · white · mould-madeA traditional mould-made copperplate printing paper with an inkjet coating built for fine art. Velvety to the touch, with a fine, clearly defined felt structure that gives an image real depth and dimension. Blacks are deep and contrast holds. It's one of the most widely used papers for art reproduction, and the one to reach for when you're printing artwork rather than a photograph.
Hahnemühle Torchon
285 gsm · 100% α-cellulose · bright whiteThe most textured paper we carry — a coarse, distinctly structured felt mark you can feel clearly with a fingertip. That surface blends into the image and gives it real three-dimensionality. Striking on landscapes and expressive work; too much for a tight portrait.
Sunset Hot Press Smooth
300 gsm · 100% cotton · bright whiteA smooth bright-white cotton sheet, close in character to Photo Rag with a slightly cooler base. Our best seller. Good for dynamic, detailed photography and anything where you want whites reading as white.
Sunset Textured
310 gsm · bright white · coarse texturedA coarse, structured watercolor-style surface on a bright white base. Sits between the smooth papers and Torchon — real surface character without the heavy felt structure. A good middle ground when you want texture but don't want it to dominate.
Ink and Printer
A Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4000 with eleven pigment inks and a chroma optimizer, including dedicated blue and red channels and two separate grays. Pigment means solid particles that sit stable in the paper's coating rather than dissolving into it — the reason a pigment print on cotton rag holds up where a dye print wouldn't. Sizes to 40x60.
| Service | Bloomfield Hills | West Bloomfield | |
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| Print only | Mounted | Print only or Mounted | |
| Rush +20% | 1–2 hours | 2–3 hours | Not available |
| Standard | 4–6 hours | 5–7 hours | ~24 hours |
| No Hurry -10% | ~24 hours | ~24 hours | 2 days |
Fine art prints larger than 30×40 cannot be mounted.