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Visit Munich this May to experience the future of photographic quality reproduction at FESPA Global Print Expo 2023. They say the old ones are the best. But the passage of time means old often becomes obsolete. Equipment becomes expensive to maintain. Consumables become impossible to acquire. Before you know it old, has become antique. The digital print industry is no different. Beginning in the 1990’s the revolution started with the introduction of inkjet printers, replacing the chemical darkrooms that had been around for centuries. Innova Art was there at the forefront, introducing the first baryta type fibre based paper in 2006: the award winning FibaPrint® surface. Technology has moved on and continues to change. Floppy disks are gone. CD storage is in the past. Today you are more likely to store images in the cloud than on a hard drive. With each turning of the technological wheel, files are lost, images capturing a moment in time disappear into bits and bytes. Print remains the most enduring form of storage for images and ephemera. You only need to browse a newspaper archive to be able to see how the presentation of advertising has evolved over the centuries. A new revolution is upon us. Innova Art is launching the next leap in print reproduction media for photography and advertising. Capturing the quality of the traditional C-Print, but utilising the cutting edge reproduction capabilities of dye-sublimation. The D-Print reproduces thousands of colours in vibrant reality. Perfect for printing high quality advertising displays, fine art photographic displays and flexible enough to wrap around architectural features. “We cannot wait to show the world the D-Print,” says Innova Art Co-Owner, Mike Ramos-Gonzalez. “The Innova Supernova Sublimation range gives printmakers the opportunity [...]

Visit the Innova Art Booth to Reconnect with Old Favourites and Discover What’s New in the World of Inkjet Media Established in 2011, AFA Expo is hosting its tenth event in Beijing, April 20-22, 2023. Innova Art will join the ranks of more than 300 exhibitors catering to the expected 18,000 or more visitors. AFA Expo 2023 will cover many areas of interest to creatives in the print service industry, including art reproduction and output technology. Innova Art will be taking a stand (H18) at AFA Expo 2023 to demonstrate the wide capabilities of the Innova range of inkjet media. Visitors will be able to get face to face with the ever popular Innova Editions® range. This includes the inkjet versions of two world-famous traditional artists papers: Fabriano Printmaking Rag and Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Rag. AFA Expo 2023 attendees can claim to be there when the next big thing hit the photographic reproduction market: Innova Supernova Chrome will be on show for the first time in China. This dye-sublimation receptive surface is being hailed as the new alternative to C-Prints. Photographers and printmakers who had a sneak preview of the product couldn’t hold back their praise for Innova Supernova Chrome. Now visitors in Beijing will be able to see for themselves; look out for the vibrant colours, sharp details and deep blacks. Also on show will be some of the FibaPrint® digital darkroom surfaces. FibaPrint® is unique to Innova Art and represents the original baryta type surfaces developed for inkjet printing. Each FibaPrint® surface replicates the look and feel of papers found in traditional chemical darkrooms, from matte to gloss, with the convenience of being able to reproduce your images using the latest inkjet printing [...]

Join the Innova Art Team on the IT Supplies Booth (# 2313) and Experience the New Alternative to C-Prints Described at the only place to be for sign, graphics, print and visual communications industry professionals, ISA Expo is returning to Las Vegas this April 12-14. It is a great opportunity to connect with your network, learn from seminars and discover the latest products. One of those new products is Innova Supernova Chrome. Brought to you by the experts in digital fine art media: Innova Art, you know the quality will be incomparable.  Visit IT Supplies on booth #2313 at ISA Expo 2023 to see for yourself. Based in Illinois, IT supplies has been a long term distributor of Innova Art archival inkjet media. They have an expert team with specialist knowledge of print hardware, media and colour management. Members of the Innova Art team will join IT Supplies at ISA Expo 2023 to introduce you to the new alternative to C-Prints.  Innova Supernova Chrome is a dye-sublimation receptive film that can be used across a range of applications from advertising to gallery displays. Utilising dye-sublimation technology, prints can be produced with the crisp detail, vibrant colours and dense blacks traditionally only found in the chemical chromogenic C-Print process. The flexible surface ensures compatibility with a variety of mounting techniques, from laminating onto rigid substrates to wrapping around curves in tricky interiors. Not only does Innova Supernova Chrome give the exceptional quality and flexible application options you need, it also reduces your impact on the environment. In what Innova Art are calling the D-Print process, you will only need a dye-sublimation inkjet printer and a heat press (either calendar or flat bed). No chemical washes. No [...]

Innova Resin Coated Photo Premium Matte 260gsm (IFA-178) has won the Photography News Editor’s Choice Award 2022 This week the team at Photography News magazine announced the winners of their 2022 awards programme. Innova Resin Coated Photo Premium Matte 260gsm scooped the award for Best Inkjet Media: Photographic Finish in the Editor’s Choice category. Awards in this category are chosen by Photography News editor Roger Payne, rather than the general public. “We started this company twenty years ago and have been in this industry a lot longer,” says Innova Art MD, Nevelle Bower. “It is gratifying that even after all this time we are launching products which are instantly recognised as innovations within the inkjet media market. We couldn’t be prouder to receive this Editor’s Choice award from Photography News.”    Launched in May 2022, Innova Resin Coated Photo Premium Matte 260gsm (IFA-178) quickly became a firm favourite amongst a select number of photographers. All because of unique surface which combines the easy handling of resin coated inkjet photo papers with the flat matte finish associated with fine art materials.  The paper is compatible with both pigment and dye based inkjet technology and is supplied in A4-A2 and 8.5x11”-13x19” sheet sizes, in a standard quantity of 50 sheets per pack. An ideal option for at home print makers with small format professional photo printers. For larger production facilities this matte resin coated photo paper is also available on rolls, 17”-60” wide, 30m in length. Visit the where to buy page on the Innova Art website to find a retailer near you. Read the Photography News 2022 awards issue online

The largest event in printing and graphic arts for the American markets was back at full strength in Las Vegas, October 19-21, 2022. At the first Printing United event since 2019, the halls were buzzing with the sounds of a community coming back together, people meeting old friends and new. Standing out in a sea of 701 exhibitors, covering 1 million square feet, is no small challenge. Hundreds of visitors stopped by the Color Management Group stand to see the latest addition to the Innova Art range: Innova Supernova Chrome. Members of the Innova Art team were present on the booth to show the sign industry just how eye-catching fine art media can be. Exhibited for the first time in the USA at Printing United 2022, Innova Supernova Chrome captures colours and brings imagery to life. Superbly demonstrated by the display on the Color Management Group booth, featuring past winners of the Nature’s Best Photography International Awards. Replicating traditional C-prints, the surface of Innova Supernova Chrome is scratch-proof, chemically resistant and can be mounted onto a wide range of rigid substrates. “It was great to speak to visitors from all over North and South America.” says Wayne Connelly, Director of Innova Art. “We were thrilled with the reaction to the quality of the new Innova Supernova Chrome product, and it was exciting to get involved in the impromptu brainstorming sessions about all the possible applications.” The flexibility of the product was the initial spark for a lot of those conversations. Many visitors to the show have calendar heat presses which allows for production transfer of images. Innova Supernova Chrome will lead many of the textile and soft good producers into the high-resolution imaging world without [...]

Innova Art at Salon de la Photo, Paris, 6-9 October 2022 Photographers, professional, amateur, expert and on-the-rise, were delighted to be back at Salon de la Photo, Paris, 6-9 October 2022, and responded enthusiastically to the exciting range of Innova Art products on show. The live experience makes all the difference, said Nicolas Kaplan of Torpedo, the Paris-based retailer of Innova Art products.  “We had a good turnout with a lot of people keen to return to in-person photography events – the last Salon de la Photo was in 2019! The new venue at the Grande Halle de la Villette was well received by both visitors and exhibitors.” Exhibitions allow visitors to explore and uncover the stories behind the products that catch their eye – to discover how maximise their use of the products they know, and to find out about everything that’s new and innovative. “The Innova Editions range received its usual warm reception from French printmakers,” said Nicolas, who also reported strong interest in Innova Art’s new Resin Coated Photo Premium Matte paper. Innova Art’s acclaimed Editions® range includes classic Fabriano art papers reengineered for digital printing while preserving all the traditional virtues of centuries-old fine art papers. The two cotton rag papers in the Editions® range offer subtle surface texture options; both are OBA and lignin-free and comply with the most stringent archival standards. The award-wining Exhibition Photo Baryta offers a genuine digital alternative to traditional Silver Halide printing, while the Exhibition Cotton Gloss paper has been meticulously developed to replicate the aesthetics of the Palladium/Platinum printing techniques.  It’s unsurprising that Innova Art’s Resin Coated Photo Premium Matte paper prompted such excitement among visitors. The paper’s stunning flat matte finish and super-smooth [...]

Innova Art at Printing United Expo, October 19-21 2022, Las Vegas – because innovation never stops The Innova Art team is delighted to be back at Printing United, the show that brings the entire print industry together under one roof to discover what’s next. Because what’s next is Innova Art’s speciality. It’s a company where the innovation never stops. Innova Art, in conjunction with Mid States Graphics, will be on stand C6947 with partner Color Management Group, expert reseller and distributor, at Printing United Expo, Las Vegas, October 19-21 2022. Innova Art will be showing its world-class range of digital paper and canvas – matchless media for timeless artworks – alongside its award-winning image display products. But in 2022, the focus will be scintillating colour – delivered by Innova’s latest innovation: Supernova Chrome. Innova Supernova Chrome is a ground-breaking technological advance that looks set to transform dye sublimation printing, bringing the exceptional image quality of the process to an entirely different print space. Innova Art Director Wayne Connelly says: “Supernova Chrome is the first dye sub media that provides exceptional image quality on a flexible substrate. The material is scratchproof, chemically resistant and can be mounted to any rigid substrate. Unlike rigid materials, images can be transferred using a rotary or calendar press on a production basis.” Innova Supernova changes the core of traditional Cibachrome prints. Using everyday heat transfer technology, images can be encapsulated on dye sublimation-receptive PET film for large-format, hard-wearing exhibition displays. With Innova Supernova Transfer Paper, images can easily be produced on a matte finish, 190gsm alpha cellulose substrate, ready to sublimate onto receptive media. They are more robust than their eco solvent or aqueous equivalents, which means they can be [...]

Returning to the NEC for The Photography Show 2022 was great experience for the Innova Art team. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet face to face with photography enthusiasts and get an intimate understanding of the qualities users are seeking in their inkjet media. Despite the shortened timescale due to the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, visitors still turned out in their droves to benefit from special show offers and see the latest developments. Printmakers familiar with the range of inkjet surfaces offered by Innova Art returned to pick up their old favourites. They also took the opportunity to try out the latest product in the Photo Art range: Innova Resin Coated Photo Premium Matte 260gsm (IFA-178). For visitors new to the world of inkjet printmaking, a visit to the Innova Art stand at The Photography Show 2022 was an opportunity to experience the wide range of surfaces available. Sample prints on the stand gave an insight into how the choice of surface can affect the interpretation of a printed image. Trial packs of each of the Innova media ranges gave these visitors the opportunity to take home one of each paper and see how their own images look on every type of surface available from Innova Art. The team at online retailer Fine Art Foto sold a lot of paper during the three days with Innova Art at the NEC. Best sellers included the Photo Lustre Heavyweight 260gsm (OLM-059) from the ever popular Olmec™ range of inkjet photo papers. Also popular were the archival quality fine art photo papers Innova Smooth Cotton High White 100% Cotton 315gsm (IFA-014) and Innova Editions® Exhibition Cotton Gloss 335gsm (IFA-045). The Photography Show 2022 [...]

Innova Art at Salon de la Photo, Paris, 6-9 October 2022 The delights of a live exhibition: an entire industry displaying its wares and the opportunity share them with thousands of informed, energised customers in one place and in one tightly focused timeframe, with all the interaction and creative thinking that always generates. It’s been a while. Presented with the enormous difficulties and challenges of the pandemic, exhibitions moved online. But at Innova Art the innovation never stopped. Which is why Innova Art will be welcoming customers to stand C066 at Salon de la Photo, Paris, 6-9 October 2022. The huge surge of customer interest shows that there is an enormous amount of customer interaction and creative thinking to look forward to. In partnership with its French retailer, Torpedo, Innova Art will be showing a wide range of world-class digital paper and canvas – matchless media for timeless artworks – as well as a range of image display products designed to add value to fine art prints. The Innova Editions® Range Innova Art’s acclaimed Editions® range presents professional printers and photographers with the pick of Innova Art’s digital substrates. Specially selected for quality and durability, they are the ideal choice for the reproduction of traditional artworks, as well as digital originals, in limited and open edition print runs. Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Rag 310gsm and Fabriano Printmaking Rag 310gsm Few paper mills can count Michelangelo and Raphael amongst their customers; famed Italian paper mill Fabriano can. Its digital papers, Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Rag 310gsm and Fabriano Printmaking Rag 310gsm, are both mould-made, 100% cotton rag papers with the strength, unique surface textures and warmth of traditional fine art papers. Both have won five-star reviews from Innova [...]

Innova Art will be on Stand C400 at The Photography Show 2022, September 17-20th, Birmingham NEC. A staple appointment in many photographers’ diaries, The Photography Show is the place to be for great deals, previews of the latest tech, inspiration for your next project as well as learning about new trends and techniques. Innova Art will be returning for the 2022 event, where they will be showing their latest line up of inkjet fine art media.  The Innova media portfolio caters to all levels, providing options for professional printmakers and those new to the world of inkjet printmaking. The Photography Show 2022 gives printmakers of all levels the opportunity to ask questions of the Innova team and get hands on with many products in the range.  In addition to gaining hands on experience of Innova Art’s product range, visitors to stand C400 will also benefit from great deals provided by retailer FineArtFoto.co.uk.  Highlights to look forward to include the newest addition to the Innova Photo Art range: Resin Coated Photo Premium Matte 260gsm (IFA-178). A flat matte resin coated photo paper compatible with both pigment and dye inkjet printers. The surface eliminates reflections, ensuring there are no distractions for your viewers.  Visitors to The Photography Show 2022 will also be able to secure great deals on their tried and trusted Innova favourites. Including the Innova Editions® range, featuring mould made surfaces from the Fabriano mill in Italy and the ever popular Olmec™ range of inkjet photo papers.  The Photography Show 2022 runs 17-20th September at Birmingham NEC, UK. Tickets can be purchased online: www.photographyshow.com. Use code INNTPS22 to get a 20% discount on standard adult ticket purchased before 14th September 2022. Professionals in the photography [...]