print format - acrylic or metal.. or other?

[Canute]

Hi,

I'm looking to get 3-4 fairly large prints done for walls in my home, I don't want the regular paper stock print and frame format and have seen examples on the interwebs of aluminium and acrylic printing but not seen anything in the flesh so to speak. I don't live anywhere near a place that I can see these in real life but they look great, I was wondering which of the two gives the best bang for your buck?

The images I will be printing will be my own landscape images and are reasonably high resolution.

Any pointers on this would be very welcome :-)

[Canute]

Thanks for your quick reply.

A few things...I'm led to believe, that images on the two material formats I mention above tend to have a little more "pop" to them in terms of colours and so forth standing out. I'm also keen on the material finish... glossy etc. Perhaps a more upmarket finish also?

[Canute]

Thanks, unfortunately, I live miles away from anywhere so I'm looking to do this online! so just seeking out info based on what others have had made. Thanks very much though :-)

[Canute]

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Whereabouts in the UK are you based?

If anywhere near North West London, these guys are able to print on pretty much anything you want.

They do different acrylic, foam board, aluminium, even other stuff like slate table tops.

It's a really small operation, but the guy running it is a real enthusiast and does a good job. Better if you could go and see them though to get an idea of the products and your requirements.

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:-)

I'm not in the UK, I live in the middle of the Swedish countryside.

Thanks, I will look at these and the others given in this thread though.