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Commercial print shop recommendation

Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 10:08 pm
by Kerry
An acquaintance of mine wants to produce a print of a panoramic image and asked me if I had any experience with a commercial printing outfit that I could recommend.  I do all my own printing and haven't even looked into a third party printing operation in ages.  Does anyone have any recent experience with a third party printer that they can recommend?

Re: Commercial print shop recommendation

Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 2:30 pm
by Jeff Pearl
Artbeat Studios might be worth checking out.

https://www.artbeatstudios.com/fine-art-paper-prints

Re: Commercial print shop recommendation

Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 2:45 pm
by Kerry
Jeff Pearl wrote:Artbeat Studios might be worth checking out.

https://www.artbeatstudios.com/fine-art-paper-prints
Thanks.  Have you had positive experiences with this company?

Re: Commercial print shop recommendation

Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 10:01 am
by Jeff Pearl
Kerry wrote:
Jeff Pearl wrote:Artbeat Studios might be worth checking out.

https://www.artbeatstudios.com/fine-art-paper-prints
Thanks.  Have you had positive experiences with this company?
Not yet personally, but I know a few others that said they were happy with them. I plan to try them soon. https://www.whcc.com/
also has a good reputation.

Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 4:49 pm
by Charlie Woodrich
I've always gotten a good product from WHCC. I also like their customer service; make a mistake; want something different, they help.

Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 5:20 pm
by Kerry
Thanks very much for the responses.

Re: Commercial print shop recommendation

Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 4:10 pm
by bradmangas
If you looking for low cost many are available including the mentioned ones. Quality will be comparable between them. If you are looking for what I consider the best of the best I would recommend Reed Art & Imaging. Based in Lakewood Colorado.

You did not mention what type of prints you are looking for. Reed can take care of nearly everything. If by chance you would be interested in metal, Reed offers what they call "Contemporary" metal prints in addition to the lower cost and lower quality dye-sublimation which nearly all other online printers produce. As far as acrylic they are one of just a hand full of printers that use the Diasec method of producing acrylic prints.

Bottom line is, there work is (in my opinion) second to none.

Reed Art & Imaging.

Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:52 pm
by Kerry
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that the print in question (I'm asking for an acquaintance of mine, not myself) is to be reproduced on photo paper.

Thanks for the recommendation; it's very helpful and I will pass it along.