ArtLab
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simply unbeatable!. The ARTLAB is the leading large format digital printing and scanning service in Cape Town.We combine heaps of creativity, technology and experience to create a graphics facility like no other. We make special things! We decorate surfaces with custom wallpapers, fuse decor ideas and more.We use cutting edge imaging technology and heaps of experience to offer you superlative quality and service over a wide range of services that include:Digital Photo and Art printing onto Digigraphie papers  and Canvas - Fine Art Scanning and Printing (We have the only Cruse large format scanner in South Africa which puts us in a class of our own) - Custom Wallpapers, murals and decor solutions are all the rage (and we do it better than anyone else) - Our solvent printers produce the highest quality possible and with our creative powers and the Cruse Scanner.

Our world leading facility in Cape Town houses super advanced technologies for all aspects of décor graphics and large format printing. We are South Africa’s first company to offer pigment, reactive dye and sublimation Digital Textile Printing and are committed to keeping SA up to date with the latest world trends. We have hard won experience and the finest print technologies available. We offer a fast and efficient service with affordable pricing. Even the shortest runs are now possible and we can print up to 17 million colours at no extra cost! Full photographic quality is possible giving you true creative freedom. ArtLab has empowered hundreds of small enterprises by bringing short run cost effective printing to the masses. For the first time small CMT business are able to afford their own custom printed fabrics. Small business are blossoming, creating scatter cushions, fabrics, homeware, decor products and much more. We have just installed THREE new printers which has upped our productivity tremendously! And that means we can dramatically lower prices on all runs over 100m (same image). At last digital becomes a reality for all commercial purposes! For the first time we can now start to compete with rotary printers on medium runs! In short it means we are now geared to bring an enormous amount of work back from China. The inks allow for a palette of over 17 million colours! (Black and White printing costs the same as full colour) We also print dye-sublimation onto a wide range of synthetic fabrics including Polyesters, Lycra, Nylon, flag material etc. Our fabrics are prepared with a special binding coating to enhance colour and washability. Your own fabrics can also be coated for optimum quality but a minimum of 25m is required as it has to go through a large coating stenter. Please note we do not take responsibility for results on clients own supplied fabric as there are too many variables involved that can affect the print result. We always recommend our own pre-teste fabrics for best results. Digital printing is a whole lot quicker than traditional processes. Generally we like to offer a 7 working day turnaround but this depends on current workloads. Please require at the time of printing on the best care instructions for your fabric and ink type. We can work with most file formats but ideally your art should be supplied as a RGB Tiff or Jpeg at a minimum 150 dpi at the print size. It is the responsibility of the client to ensure all artwork supplied to be repeated is 100% accurately set-up to repeat seamlessly. At ArtLab all our printing processes are calibrated to the highest industry standards. and there are a number of variables involved right down to air temperature and humidity that can affect colour from one batch to another. Various batches of fabric have different cellulose content and other chemicals and factors involved that means there are often batch to batch variations. While our colour matching is generally world class, it must be accepted that there could be variances from screen and from batch to batch. We do not warrantor agree to undertake any absolute colour matching. Especially to client screen images (which are meaningless unless the screen has been properly calibrated to a set standard). We are happy to supply a Pantone chart at a nominal charge on the fabric of your choice for best possible colour matching purposes. We do however ship nationwide (and internationally). Our pricing off our price-list does include printing and the fabric. Where clients supply their own fabric only the print charge is applicable.