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Lyson PhotoChrome Inkset - Pigment Based Ink (Lyson Cave Paint)

Exceptional Printing Quality and Reliability:
Fine ground pigments allow the production of excellent canvas, gloss and lustre prints with minimal sheen differential (bronzing). The Lyson PhotoChrome Inkset - Pigment Based Ink (Lyson Cave Paint) vivid magentas enables us to print stunning and vibrant professional quality full colour images, and the three dedicated monochrome channels enable us to produce stunning neutral monochromes of excellent smooth graduation with negligible metamerism, all from the same inkjet printer.
They were developed and manufactured in the UK by Nazdar, a world renowned ink company, who own the Lyson brand. Extensive reliability and performance testing has been carried out in their UK laboratories.

Impressive Longevity:
Certified 75 year longevity with excellent image stability and durability.

PAPER, GLOSSY & LUSTRE

Glossy

250gsm Premium Glossy Photo Paper offers the highest gloss level of any resin coated photographic paper. Producing vivid life-like images that rival those of traditional silver halide prints, the ultra glossy finish, coupled with a 10 mil thickness and extremely wide colour gamut, make this paper a favourite among discerning photographers. Its instant drying and non-cockling characteristics make use, handling, and display of the finished output trouble-free. It creates highly saturated prints by offering maximum ink coverage and high D-Max for true photographic reproductions. This paper can also be easily laminated to provide protection from light and moisture.
Print permanence rating 85 Years

Lustre
Wedding and portrait photographers have traditionally used lustre paper for their photos. 260gsm Premium Lustre Photo Paper incorporates this popular surface finish, which is ideally suited to photographers adopting a digital workflow. This instant drying paper produces vivid, lifelike images that rival those of traditional silver halide prints. This media delivers highly saturated prints by offering maximum ink coverage and a high D-Max for true photographic reproductions. Its 10-mil RC base gives prints a photographic feel, and keeps the paper cockle-free.
Print permanence rating 75 Years

BREATHING COLOUR CANVAS

Chromata White™ Inkjet Canvas

Optical Brightener Agent (OBA) Free
Bright White 20.5 mil Premium Fine Art Canvas
Exceptional Colour Gamut and Dmax
Water Resistant, Acid Free (pH neutral), Highly Archival
Seedless & Pin Hole Free

Chromata White™ Canvas is a textured 20.5 mil Bright White, consistent Poly Cotton Blend Matte Canvas using an acid-free, neutral pH coating. Unlike 99.9% of inkjet canvas products available on the market today, this giclee canvas utilises the "Chromata White™" optical brightener additive-free and Fluorescent Whitening agent-free breakthrough technology.

"Chromata White™" gives the end-user the most stable platform on which to print photographs and fine art works without the metamerism issues or colour shift issues inherent on other canvases. Optical Brighteners compromise the attainment of true colour, they complicate profiling accuracy and they inevitably deteriorate and yellow over time.

(For critical information, please visit the Wilhelm Research Institute by clicking here and a new browser window will open. From there, scroll down to the bottom of the page to TESTING NOTE # 7 Also available is an article explaining Print Permanence Ratings and the actual guarantees they provide).

Chromata White Inkjet Canvas is the most archival canvas available. In addition, its breakthrough technology results in a canvas that is whiter than traditional canvas manufactured without OBA's. Chromata Bright White utilises our most advanced inkjet canvas coating technology that is an industry leader in Dmax and Colour Gamut. It was designed to deliver roll to roll CONSISTENCY from one production to the next.

STANDARD POLY-COTTON CANVAS

This canvas is a water-resistant bright white poly-cotton blend matte inkjet canvas. The canvas delivers exceptional print quality and offers a heavyweight, quality feel in the hand. This is a product for printmakers that demand value but also value quality.

This canvas is ideal for photography and art reproduction, indoor signage, backdrops and murals. It is manufactured with large amounts of Optical Brightener Additives (OBA’s) which give it an extraordinary white point, wide colour gamut and high Dmax value. Favoured by many volume printmakers for its value, it has a high level of consistency and delivers exceptionally vibrant prints with excellent detail.

Customers unfamiliar with poly/cotton blends should not confuse this product with cheap 100% poly products which fail to deliver the look and feel of a traditional canvas.

STRETCHER BARS

Standard stretcher bars are also known as an SSB, and the gallery stretcher bars commonly known as a GSB. Made from kiln dried Fir wood, carefully selected to avoid dampness and warping, and profiled to give maximum strength and stability to the frame when joined together. Unlike pine woods fir does not continue to grow and warp when it has been heat treated, nor does it express damaging timber oils normally seen on some pine products.

The profiles on the stretcher bars are slightly rounded. This has two advantages:
1) It allows the framer to see and obtain clear edges on images that have precise borders, and
2) It also allows the canvas weave to "roll over" the profile rather than snap over a sharp edge which is a major cause of canvas cracking.

Bars are available in three profile sizes:-
1) SSB or Standard Stretcher Bars are 40mm wide and 18mm deep. The unique profile design and 40mm width gives extra strength over longer lengths. This helps prevent "bowing" when stretching the canvas.
2) GSB or Gallery Stretcher Bars are a chunky 35mm wide and 38mm deep. Its sheer strength is obtained from the profile design.