{"id":2120,"date":"2022-06-16T16:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T21:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bumblejax.com\/content\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2022-06-16T21:35:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T02:35:57","slug":"acrylic-printing-services-what-to-look-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/acrylic-printing-services-what-to-look-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Acrylic Prints & Acrylic Photo Blocks Buy Guide [UPDATED 2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Updated March 2019:\u00a0 Acrylic Photo Blocks Buy Guide Added]
\n[Updated September 2019:\u00a0 Production Time & Packaging Sections Added]
\n[Updated June 2022:\u00a0 File Prep & Enhancement Section Added (Question 9)]
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Not all acrylic prints<\/a> are created equally, so we thought it was important to write up a complete guide to help those looking for acrylic printing services and make an apples to apples comparison when looking at prices.\u00a0 It’s a guide to help you in forming questions for the company you may use, although we hope you\u2019ll give us strong consideration \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

First and foremost, it\u2019s important to know that there are two very distinct processes in creating an acrylic print<\/strong> with two different outcomes \u2013 direct printing<\/strong> onto the acrylic substrate and the face mounting method<\/strong> of printing onto the photographic paper, then mounting behind the acrylic.<\/p>\n

We’ve been producing face mounted acrylic prints for over a decade now so have seen a lot of changes in the industry over the years particularly in the way acrylic prints are produced and where.\u00a0 When we started it was just a handful of boutique print companies in the USA and Europe producing high-quality face mounted prints.\u00a0 \u00a0In recent years that has completely changed with just about every company now offering some variation of an acrylic print (including canvas companies) with wide differences in quality of components, craftsmanship, production times, price and the quality of secure packaging to avoid damage.<\/p>\n

For gallery quality art, which is what we currently focus on, we wouldn’t consider the direct print method as it leads to inferior results in terms of color accuracy, vibrancy as well as permanence (color fading).\u00a0 We believe for fine art applications photos were meant to be printed on paper and produced at the highest quality.\u00a0 You can see more on our acrylic photo mounting process here<\/a> and below is a video showing our process (please note we have made several improvements to the product and process since this video was shot but the gist remains the same).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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