Anyone have any experience doing this? I just have some are images that I would like to be printed on canvas but it seems very expensive online, and there are so many different places I'm not sure who does a good job. Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!

4/9/2009 4:08:19 PM

Theo Davis Printing in Zebulon, since Cary Printing went out of business. Anywhere else around here I can't really vouch for.

4/9/2009 4:46:45 PM

we got our family portrait done at http://www.canvasprinters.com/

good price and good result

4/9/2009 4:48:31 PM

http://www.canvasondemand.com/

over by the airport

We've had them do up to 30x40 and they have been very sharp and high quality. no complaints from any customers in the past year.

4/9/2009 4:49:38 PM

Theo Davis is also an NCSU Alum that played Mellophone in the Marching Band in the 70s (IIRC on the dates)

4/9/2009 6:13:05 PM

hm. i worked 3rd shift temp at cary printing for about a month. those were nice guys there. too bad they went out of business.

4/10/2009 2:07:33 AM

jesus, 8x10 is 60 bucks...damn that seems a little steep

4/10/2009 9:18:24 AM

Thanks guys! I actually live near the airport so I'm going to see if I can actually go over to Canvas On Demand. I saw their website earlier but didn't realize they were so close.

4/10/2009 9:18:38 AM

canvas on demand specializes in gallery wraps though, that's why the cost is so much higher than straight on canvas prints. Not having to frame it and having that look has been a big selling point.

4/10/2009 9:23:09 AM

isn't printing a photo on canvas analogous to recording a band digitally and then pressing it on vinyl?

i.e. you're forfeiting data resolution for the sentimental warmth of a nostalgic medium?


I reckon I don't disagree. I just wanted to draw a parallel. Carry on.

4/12/2009 5:03:18 AM

Quote :

"isn't printing a photo on canvas analogous to recording a band digitally and then pressing it on vinyl? i.e. you're forfeiting data resolution for the sentimental warmth of a nostalgic medium?"

even in your example, you can get a higher audio frequency with a good vinyl pressing than you can with a cd since most albums are recorded at higher than cd quality.

4/12/2009 7:48:52 AM

I know Costco makes canvas prints.

4/12/2009 8:26:34 AM

kinko's on hillsborough does canvas.

i think it is somewhere around $10 per square foot

4/12/2009 2:24:46 PM

^^^ While that may be true initially, the grooves are degraded by the stylus after each play and your high frequencies are the first to go. But that point is moot as I'm referring to something recorded first digitally then pressed for the vinyl geeks (yes, I'm probably one). You're not gaining any sound quality or magically exposing higher frequencies by converting samples into an analog curve.

[Edited on April 12, 2009 at 2:31 PM. Reason : ^]

4/12/2009 2:26:51 PM

^ I just think canvas prints look better and more contemporary than putting prints of paper into a frame, especially if you're trying to warm up a room. I'm no interior designer though...

4/13/2009 10:48:08 AM