# How our prints are made

Every print is made to order once you check out. Nothing sits in a warehouse.

## The paper

Giclée reproductions are printed with archival pigment inks on Hahnemühle
Photo Rag, a 308 gsm paper made from cotton. It has a soft, matte surface with
no sheen, close to the feel of a museum's own reproduction prints. The work is
printed whole, with a white margin around it that is slightly deeper at the
bottom.

## Sizes, and why some are missing

A museum's file has a fixed number of pixels. Printed too large, it turns soft.
We only offer a size when the file gives at least 150 pixels to the inch at
that size, and we tell you when a size is good but not the sharpest. The size
picker on each work shows every size, and greys out the ones the file can't
support.

## Framed

Framed reproductions arrive ready to hang, in a solid wood frame in black,
white or natural oak, glazed with acrylic, which is lighter and safer to post
than glass. Choose a mount in snow white or off-white, or none at all.

## Canvas

Canvas reproductions are printed on a cotton-poly canvas and stretched over a
38 mm pine frame. The whole work is printed on the front, centred; where its
proportions differ from the canvas, the strip it doesn't cover takes the edge
colour you choose: mirrored, white or black.

## Print-ready files

If you'd rather print it yourself, we prepare the museum's master for a
standard size at 300 pixels to the inch with an sRGB profile. The museum's
own file is always free to download as it is.

## How long it takes

Your print goes into production within two working days and ships from the
lab nearest you. See [shipping](/help/shipping) for delivery times.