Canvas prints, printed and stretched under one roof.
Best Framing prints archival giclées on canvas in Costa Mesa, Orange County, and stretches them in house, about thirty steps from the printer. Hang the canvas as it is, or set it in a float frame.
What can you print on canvas?
A photograph, a file or an original painting. If what you have is not a file yet, we scan it on our large-format flatbed at up to 600 dpi first.
Your photograph
Professional photo printing, for a family photograph as much as a professional photographer’s own work, through the same color matching as every print in the lab.
Your file
Bring it to the counter and we look at the canvas and the sizes together with you. Everything we print is color-managed here from your file.
Your original
Scanned at up to 600 dpi and checked by our digital artists, then printed. The original goes back on the wall untouched.
Is a canvas print a giclée?
Ours are. We print archival giclée on canvas with pigment inks, on our 64-inch Epson SureColor P20000.
Every file is prepared, proofed and color-matched at our RIP station before anything is printed. The color is managed on the same floor the canvas is stretched and framed on, which gives us direct control over the finish.
Do you stretch canvas prints in house?
Yes. Canvas giclées are stretched in house. That matters because a stretched canvas is only as good as its corners and its tension, and because the piece never leaves the building to have it done.
Large is not a problem either. When a customer asked for 12-foot floaters, we built four of them in our own wood shop: 144 by 36 inches, on inch-and-a-half stretcher bars.
Great service, really know what they are doing. Had a very large piece that was composed of 2 canvasses. Did a great job merging the 2.
Should a canvas be framed, or hung as it is?
Either works. A stretched canvas can hang exactly as it is, or go into a float frame, which surrounds the canvas with a narrow shadow gap instead of covering its edge, so the piece reads as an object sitting inside the frame rather than a picture behind one.
Which one is right depends on the wall it is going on, and that gets settled in about a minute at the counter with the canvas in front of you.
Floated in white
A floated canvas over the bed and a matched pair over the sofa. One white float moulding and two gilt, in the same room, on purpose.
Framed in walnut
Two framed canvases in walnut mouldings, sized to the wall the screen already owns.
How large can a canvas print be?
Up to 64 inches wide on our giclée printer, an Epson SureColor P20000. The stretching and the framing happen in the same building.
- On the giclée printer
- Up to 64 inches wide, with archival pigment inks.
- Stretching
- In house, about thirty steps from the printer.
- Float frames
- Milled in our own wood shop when no catalog moulding carries the profile or the length.
- Quote
- In person and per piece, with the size, the canvas and the finish in front of you.
How does a local canvas compare with one ordered online?
An online canvas is chosen on a screen. Here the canvas, the frame samples and the people who make it are in one building on Placentia Avenue, so the size, the stretch and the frame are settled with the piece in front of you.
- Pickup
- At the showroom, Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm or Saturday 9am to 1pm.
- Delivery
- In and around Orange County, in our own van.
- Shipping
- Wrapped by hand in the shop, and crated for freight when the piece is large or going far.
I really appreciate how you wrapped it in protective bubble wrap since I needed to transport the piece.
The questions people ask at the counter, answered.
From what can be framed and choosing the right glass to mounting jerseys, printing artwork and protecting the pieces that matter, we answer the questions our customers ask us every day.
Canvas, printed and stretched in the same buildingHow a canvas print is made and framed in one building: archival giclée, stretched in house, then hung as it is or set in a float frame. From Costa Mesa.Read Article
Scanning an original you would rather not put in the mailLarge-format scanning up to 600 dpi, checked by our digital artists: a one-of-a-kind original reproduced in Costa Mesa without leaving the building.Read Article
What can you actually frame?Photos, posters, diplomas, jerseys, kimonos, oversized art and mirrors: what a custom frame shop in Costa Mesa can take on, and what each one needs.Read Article
Museum glass vs regular glass, and what the glass over your art is doingMuseum-quality and UV-protective glazing vs regular glass: what each does for your art, plus acid-free mats and conservation framing. From Costa Mesa.Read Article
Canvas prints, asked at the counter.
How much do canvas prints cost?
We quote canvas prints in person and per piece, because the price follows the size, the stretching and how the canvas is finished. There is no price list. Bring the file or the original to the counter in Costa Mesa and we will quote it there.
How long do canvas prints take?
The turnaround is quoted at the counter, once the size and the finish are decided. If you are working to a date, call first and tell us.
What size canvas can you print?
Up to 64 inches wide on our giclée printer, an Epson SureColor P20000, then stretched in house.
Can you print my phone photo on canvas?
Yes. Bring the file to the counter and we look at the canvas and the sizes together with you. File preparation and prepress assistance, color management and color matching run through every print in the lab.
Gallery wrap or frame?
Both work. A stretched canvas can hang exactly as it is, or go into a float frame, which surrounds the canvas with a narrow shadow gap instead of covering its edge. It takes about a minute to settle at the counter with the canvas in front of you.
Do canvas prints fade?
Our giclée canvas is archival, printed with pigment inks. Daylight still fades pigment over time, so where the canvas hangs matters.
Still wondering? Come in and ask. No appointment required.
Print and frame what you love. Visit the showroom.
No appointment required.
- Call
- (949) 791-8780
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 9am-1pm
Bring us the thing you love.
Walk in with it and talk it through with a designer. No appointment required, though you are welcome to book one.
1671 Placentia AvenueCosta Mesa, CA 92627
- Call(949) 791-8780
- HoursMon-Fri 10am-5pm · Sat 9am-1pm · Sun closed
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