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What is it about you and digital printing? You’re in a great industry. As a truly 21st century technology, producing flawless images on stunning, specially developed papers and canvas, digital printing makes fine art and photography available to everyone. You never get over how beautiful images look as they emerge from your beloved inkjet – intense, sharp, dramatic – and you love seeing the delight on your customers’ faces when they come to collect their prints. Nothing is too much trouble because digital printing is so reliable and so flexible. A one-off, metre-wide print of a photograph from a holiday of a lifetime? Of course! A short-run, limited edition of fine art prints? Certainly, because digital prints really do stand the test of time. Digital prints hang on the walls of the Royal Academy and the Tate, but they look perfect on the walls of canal-side apartments and Georgian terraces, too. Being able to offer a top quality service is its own reward, of course, but don’t you deserve wider recognition for all your care and expertise? How much better would your business be if you were able to tell your customers you’d achieved international recognition for your printing prowess – that you were the winner of the Fine Art Trade Guild Digital Printer of the Year Award 2019, sponsored by Innova Art? How many more customers would that drive to your door? The Fine Art Trade Guild Digital Printer of the Year Award is the UK’s preeminent award for digital printers. Sponsored by the award-winning digital solutions company Innova Art, the Digital Printer of the Year award recognizes and rewards excellence in the fastest developing, most technologically advanced sector of the printing industry. It [...]

Innova Art will be on stand A1/B1 at The Photography Show 2019, March 16-19th, Birmingham NEC, UK. Stop by the stand to see their wide range of inkjet media and image display products. Visitors to stand A1/B1 will be able to get hands on with the entire portfolio of Innova products at The Photography Show 2019. There is something for every photographer within the Innova archival inkjet media range: from smooth to cold press ‘watercolour’ textures; matte, semi-gloss and gloss finishes. For photographers printing and selling their work on canvas, the Innova Canvas range has matte and gloss finishes to choose from. With so many different options available, it is easy to find the perfect match to your personal creative style. There are also a number of ways to add value to you inkjet media prints within the Innova product portfolio. Every image display product offered by Innova is designed to be made without the need for specialist tools or expensive equipment. Visit stand A1/B1 at The Photography Show 2019 to see samples of image display products. Speak to the team and learn more about how easy it is to make your own photo books and decorative displays. Online retailer FineArtFoto.co.uk stock the entire Innova range of inkjet media and display products. They will join Innova Art on stand A1/B1 at The Photography Show 2019, offering exclusive deals on the entire Innova range - only available to show visitors. With a great reputation for customer service, and many years of experience in the inkjet fine art industry, the Fine Art Foto team will be on hand to help with all your inkjet needs.  Put the dates in your diary (March16-19th, 2019) and register for your ticket today. Enter the [...]

Innova Art enjoyed excellent trading at Salon de la Photo, Paris, 8 - 12 November Innova Art teamed up with curator Martin Vegas at Salon de la Photo 2018, Paris, in November, with images from Vegas’s Atlas of Humanity project printed onto Innova Editions® media and displayed to stunning effect. “France is the birthplace of photography and it felt pretty special to be showing these spectacular prints there,” said Mike Ramos-Gonzalez, owner, Innova Art. “At Innova Art, we’ve made 21st-century media out of substrates that have been made the same way for centuries. The Innova Art stand was crowded with people who wanted to use the same combination in their own work.” The on-stand exhibition of Atlas of Humanity portraits was printed entirely on the Innova Editions® range. This includes two mould-made, fully archival cotton rag papers from Fabriano, reengineered for the digital age. All the papers in the Innova Editions® range are OBA, acid and lignin-free – offering an outstanding combination of tone, texture and image vibrancy. Also included are two FibaPrint® digital darkroom surfaces: The ground-breaking Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm and the Exhibition Cotton Gloss 335gsm, created to emulate the distinctive aesthetics of traditional darkroom printing techniques. “What can I say? Salon de la Photo is all about photography – photographers loved our products,” said James Cannone, Account Manager, Innova Art. Innova Art was not only showing how to match the world’s best media to photographic images but innovative display technologies too, including JetMaster® Photo Wrap and JetMaster® Photo Panel, and also the GOframe canvas stretching system. “It’s about the dynamics of presenting images, as well as composing and taking them,” continued James Cannone. “JetMaster® Photo Wrap and Photo Panel mean you can [...]

Enthusiastic response from visitors to the Innova Art display at Photo Plus Expo 2018, New York, 25 – 27 October Innova Art drew enthusiastic crowds to its stand at Photo Plus Expo 2018, New York, 25 – 27 October, where it displayed rare images from the international photography project, Atlas of Humanity. The exhibition was a huge success with visitors who could also create their own Atlas Of Humanity photo collage with Innova Art’s YouTac® Textile for sharing on social media. All this – and Innova Art’s award-winning range of digital media and print solutions for photographers and artists. “The Atlas of Humanity exhibition – images of the diversity of humankind around the world printed on a range of Innova Art digital digital substrates – was a monster hit,” said Dave Williams, Global Supply Chain and Quality Manager, Innova Art. “First shown at Photokina in Germany; it’s an excellent way to show off what can be done with our media and deserves to be widely seen.” “The images were fantastic and a great draw,” agreed Wayne Connelly, owner of Innova Art. “It hit all the hot buttons with artists, photographers and educators.” “Innova Art products were very well received on all fronts,” Connelly added. “Our YouTac® Textile product, which makes printing and sticking up simple and, just as importantly, easy removal of short term high-impact graphics – worked beautifully. Everyone could see that it’s perfect for décor and for graphic display. One university professor told me how he had used YouTac Textile for a student exhibit, as an inexpensive and speedy way to display work and bring it down at the end, without any damage to walls.” “That the education crowd were generally so actively [...]

Innova Art offers innovation and exchange at Salon de la Photo 2018, Paris, 8 - 12 November Photography was famously discovered in France – thanks to the experiments of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and his famous collaborator Louis Daguerre.  The discovery marked the beginning of the revolution, now 180 years in the making, that has transformed how we picture our world. The difference is that, back then, photographic image-making was a slow, complex process. Now it’s something we all do – every day, almost without thought, because for us, it couldn’t be easier. France played its part in that, too. The French Government of the time offered Daguerre a pension in exchange for making his invention available to everyone – a gift from France to the world. It worked: photography became a huge hit. Which makes the photography fair, Salon de la Photo 2018, at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, 8 - 12 November, the perfect place in which to celebrate this transformative art form. It’s also an appropriate place for Innova Art to share the benefits of a product range founded upon innovation and exchange. For 15 years now, brilliant solutions from Innova Art have transformed bright ideas into remarkable reality. With Innova Art, it couldn’t be easier. As examples, look out for the exhibition of stunning prints from the inspirational Atlas of Humanity project on the Innova Art stand 5.1 C 012 at Salon de la Photo 2018. Innova Art has collaborated with Italian photographer and curator Martin Vegas to present the first printed images from this international open submission project.  Photographers from around the world, both professional and amateur, have contributed. The images remained online until recently when they were matched to papers from [...]

Come face to face with the true diversity of humanity on the Innova Art booth (#573) at Photo Plus Expo, 25 – 27 October, Javits Convention Center, New York City. The award-winning digital media specialist Innova Art, in partnership with photographer and curator Martin Vegas, will be displaying images from the acclaimed Atlas Of Humanity project. Originally an online project, Photo Plus Expo 2018 marks the USA debut of any part of the Atlas Of Humanity project in print.  The images – stunning portraits that range across the astonishing cultural diversity of mankind, from Australia to Zimbabwe and everywhere in-between – have been matched to selected papers in the acclaimed Innova Art range of fine art and photographic digital media. Each image on the Innova booth has been printed using the new HP DesignJet Z9+ inkjet printer. The results are immaculate: rich tones, brilliant highlights, scintillating textures – a display that demonstrates the wide choice of sterling quality substrates on offer from Innova Art, and, the quality when paired with expert print technology. Visitors to the Innova Art booth at Photo Plus Expo 2018 will be able to be part of the project: creating their own Atlas Of Humanity photo collage using YouTac® Textile. Or using the Innova Art selfie frame to take a photo of themselves and share it on social media. No visitor will want to pass up their chance to become a temporary exhibit in the Atlas Of Humanity collection.  Product highlights from Innova Art at Photo Plus Expo 2018 include: The acclaimed Innova Editions® range, the connoisseur’s choice of six of the world’s finest substrates, specially selected for quality and durability: Two mould-made, fully archival cotton rag papers from Fabriano, the [...]

Innova Art’s partnership with curator and photographer Martin Vegas, allowing the extraordinary Atlas of Humanity project to be seen for the very first time in print, rather than online, was one the major highlights of Photokina 2018, at Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany, 26-29 September 2018. Innova Art presented images from the Atlas of Humanity project, both on the company’s stand A006, Hall 3.1, and as a stand-alone exhibition between Halls 4 and 5. Images of the world’s diverse cultures – the work of photographers both professional and amateur from all round the world – were matched to selected papers in the Innova Art digital media range. “The response was extraordinary,” said Innova Art MD Mike Gonzalez. “We printed the images on a range of media to reflect the variety of images and the approaches of the contributing photographers. That every one of the prints looked so dazzling is a credit to the choice our range offers. Choose well and every image is improved on Innova Art digital media.” Photokina itself is a richly international event. The 2018 fair drew around 180,000 visitors from 127 countries worldwide. 812 companies, 69% of them from abroad, were represented at Photokina 2018. “We have experienced the most innovative Photokina in years, with many new products in all areas of the value creation chain,” commented Rainer Führes, Chairman of the German Photo Industry Association (PIV).  There were, as always, many innovations in the field of image capture, but the surface tones and textures of fine art and photographic substrates easily held their own. “Our focus on our Innova Editions®, Fine Art and Photo Art ranges yielded multiple sales enquiries,” added Gonzalez. “We marked our fifteenth year as a company at this [...]

Innova Art to show new metal and acrylic products at Photokina 2018 The sharp looks and super-smooth finish of acrylic and metal prints have placed them amongst the fastest accelerating trends in art, photography and décor in recent years.  No frame, no glazing to scratch or crack – all image in fact – they add a spectacular visual element to any space – both indoors and, with dye-sublimation metal prints, outdoors, too. New additions to the Innova Art range mean that both processes are easily within the reach of every photographer, artist and print studio. The new JetMaster® Metal means stunning dye-sublimation prints can be made in just a few, simple steps. You may need to access some of the necessary equipment from your local fine art and photographic print studio (and we can advise on that).  Here’s how it’s done. First, print your eye-dazzling, high resolution image (we know you have them!) on to Dye-Sublimation Transfer paper. Then transfer the image onto JetMaster® Metal using a heat press. Hang it. And that’s it. To create an acrylic print is just as straightforward with JetMaster® Acrylic. Simply print your image onto resin-coated inkjet photo paper, apply the print face-down to the reverse of the adhesive acrylic plate and trim off the excess edges of the print.  Either process produces prints that are lightweight and robust that exude sophistication. Without glass and without frames, they effect an exciting illusion – a window into an alternative visual dimension. Simple steps. High style. Take the next step with Innova Art. .   .   . Visit the Innova Art stand A006, Hall 3.1, at Photokina 2018, at Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany, 26-29 September 2018, to see the new shape [...]

Following high demand from the market, Innova are pleased to announce the European launch of Photo Art by Pictorico For many years, photographers in Europe have striven to keep the magic of darkroom printing alive. Using photographs taken on a digital camera, they found the perfect partner for printing digital inkjet negatives to expose in the darkroom: Pictorico film. To ensure that photographers can always get their hands on their favourite inkjet film, Innova Art has partnered with Pictorico to launch the Innova Photo Art by Pictorico co-branded product range.  “The partnership between Innova and Pictorico is a perfect match,” says Innova Art Sales Manager, James Cannone. “The Pictorico brand is built on a philosophy of creating high quality output media for a broad range of inkjet printers, so that every photographer can produce great quality prints. Something we are also passionate about at Innova. We are excited to be able to build a long term relationship on these shared values, and, we know that photographers throughout Europe will benefit from it.” Photo Art by Pictorico launches in early 2019 with two products:  Pictorico Pro OHP Transparency Film 174gsm (IPF 120), available in A4 and A3+, 20 sheet packs as well as 17”, 24”, 36”, 42” and 59” wide rolls in 20m lengths. This translucent film is compatible with all inkjet printers. Suitable for printing digital negatives for use with traditional photographic processes, or producing high density negatives for silk screen exposure. Pictorico Pro OHP Transparency Film 174gsm (IPF 120) can also be used to create eye catching backlit displays.  Pictorico Ultra Premium OHP Transparency Film 184gsm (IPF 121), available in A4 and A3+, 20 sheet packs as well as 13”, 17” and 24” wide [...]

A: The solution is closer than you think.* *Innova Art stand A006 in Hall 3.1, Photokina 2018 Every visitor to Photokina 2018, at Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany, 26-29 September 2018, will be hoping to find up-to-the-minute answers to the age-old question: how do I deliver the perfect print? Photokina – one of the world’s biggest gatherings of imaging professionals and consumers, with five vast halls packed with new products and technologies – is sure to have the solution.  But at Innova Art we like to think we’ve narrowed down the search. With our widely acclaimed Innova Editions® range, we offer both tradition and innovation – the lasting quality of products made the same way for decades, even centuries, combined with the latest technological advances. The highest standards of that old-school approach combined with science at the cutting-edge. Time-proven archival properties harnessed to impeccable 21st-century image-making. Here’s how. The Innova Editions® range  The Editions range is the connoisseur’s choice:  six of our finest substrates, specially selected for quality and durability. It includes two exceptional mould-made, coated papers based on fully archival, cotton rag papers from Fabriano, the Italian paper mill that counted Michelangelo and Raphael amongst its customers. The natural textures and tones of Fabriano Printmaking Rag 310gsm and Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Rag 310gsm make them the perfect base for traditional imagery.  The Editions range also offers two very different textures from a pair of fourdrinier-made, 100% cotton papers. Photo Cotton Rag 315gsm has an ultra-smooth surface, perfect for fine tonal gradations and brilliant highlights. Etching Cotton Rag 315gsm has a more traditional, soft-textured finish. Both are natural white in tone, bringing a warmth and richness to prints. They are OBA and lignin-free and so compliant with [...]