FREDRIX PRINT CANVAS

FREDRIX PRINT CANVAS
Print Innovators born from a Tradition of Excellence & over 145 years of Fine Art Canvas Manufacturing.
The 1800s served as a time of great change and invention
for the printing industry. In 1800 the iron printing press
was invented, followed by the rotary printing press in
1819. In 1846 Richard Hoe invented a cylinder press that
was capable of printing 8,000 sheets per hour. In 1865
the web offset press began printing on both sides of the
paper at once. The world was changing very quickly.
Great inventions had taken the world by storm, and in
1868 E.H. Friedrichs brought about one of the
greatest inventions of all: Fredrix Artist Canvas.
Friedrichs began manufacturing fine quality artist canvas
in New York City, a thriving center of art and creation,
both then and now. At the heart of his company was his
pride for making the best possible product. Over 145
years later, Fredrix Print Canvas leads the industry in
quality, providing the print market with a wide
assortment of fine quality archival print canvas in a
wide variety of sizes and styles.
Fredrix Artist Canvas was one of the first, if not the
very first canvas company to machine coat canvas in
1966. We pioneered many of the techniques that have
become industry standards today. We remain the
leader in coating technology, and our over 50 years of
mechanical coating experience have helped us
continually perfect our coating processes to stay on
the cutting-edge of coating technology.
We source all of the components for our canvas
independently, including our textiles, wood, and the
chemicals for our coating applications. We do
independent testing to ensure all materials meet the
Fredrix standard. We have an in-house lab with the
finest chemists and lab technicians. Our forwardthinking management team and relentlessly
innovative lab team worked together to make Fredrix
one of the very first companies to develop printable
canvas.
Fredrix Artist Canvas has
sourced its linens from the
same Belgian mill since 1868.
Fredrix Print Canvas sources
its fabrics from high-tech
textile mills all over the globe.
This is because print canvas
requires a consistent weave
while maintaining the
characteristics of artist
canvas. Coating for both units
takes place at company
headquarters in
Lawrenceville, Georgia.
W E A R E A B R A N D W I T H O V E R 1 4 5 Y E A R S E X P E R I E N C E M A K I N G F I N E A R T I S T C A N VA S .
We witnessed the birth of the print canvas market, and pioneered many of the technologies still used today.
Johannes
Gutenberg invents
printing press
Europeans first
make paper.
1309
618 to 906:
T’ang Dynasty the first printing is done in China
using ink on carved wooden
blocks begins to make multiple
transfers of an image to paper
1448
1423
1457
Block printing First color printing
used to print
by Fust and
books in Europe
Schoeffer
Web offset press can
Cylinder press
Iron printing
invented by Richard print on both sides of
paper at once.
presses invented
Hoe.
1800
1865
1846
1819
Rotary printing
press invented by
Napier
1863
Rotary web-fed
letterpress
invented by
William Bullock.
1868
E.H. Friedrichs
founds Fredrix
Artist Canvas in
New York City
FREDRIX PRINT CANVAS
Industry Leaders in Quality, Innovation & Print Canvas Technology
Fredrix Print Canvas developed printable canvas in the early 90’s. There are many steps to ensuring the quality of print
canvas. After the coating has been developed, a small batch of print canvas is made to be thoroughly print tested. The
major tests include color density, mottling gradient, and overall surface quality as well as physical characteristics like
basis weight, thickness and color properties. We go above and beyond these standard tests to ensure we have an
intimate understanding of our canvas’ strengths and weaknesses. We are always looking for a way to make our print
canvas better. We have the capability to print with dye-based, pigment based, pure solvent, eco-solvent, UV-curable
and latex inks. To ensure our print canvas works well with the multitude of platforms in the market, we perform thorough
testing with all of the various printer and ink combinations. We define quality in many ways including:
COLOR DENSITY: The term color density describes the optical density of areas printed in color.
This value is important when monitoring quality in printing processes and can be measured using
special instruments, such as reflected light densitometers.
PRINT DENSITY & INK REQUIREMENT: Ink requirement is defined as the amount of ink needed
to print a unit area with a standard Solid Ink Density. Different tyes of canvas require different
amounts of ink to achieve the standard SID for print canvas. A highly porous canvas generally
requires higher amount of ink compared to a less porous one. Print Density and Ink Requirement
are taken into account when developing our coatings.
THE VISION SYSTEM: Our print canvas is inspected and evaluated before it leaves our factory.
We do this both by human eye, and by machine. A camera inspection system reviews the canvas,
flagging it for any imperfections. Quality control is of the utmost importance to us because when
people trust our canvas for their print jobs we want them to know it will perform every time.
W E A R E A B R A N D W I T H O V E R 1 4 5 Y E A R S E X P E R I E N C E M A K I N G F I N E A R T I S T C A N VA S .
We witnessed the birth of the print canvas market, and pioneered many of the technologies still used today.
Offset lithography
becomes common
HP introduces
their first plotter
1904
1968
1938
1868
Chester Carlson
invents xerography
process
E.H. Friedrichs founds
Fredrix Artist Canvas
Dot matrix printer Inkjet technology The digital printer was
invented by Benny Landa
developed
invented
1989
1970
1969
Gary
Starkweather
invents the laser
printer based on a
Xerox copier.
1985
Laser printers
introduced high
high quality text
and graphics
Fredrix Print Canvas
unveils wide selection of
archival print canvases.
1993
1990s
The
print canvas
market is born
2012
1999
Fredrix Print Canvas
partners with Ricky
Richards in Australia
2012
FPC becomes
HP certified