Dean takes pride in only using the highest of quality products when printing in any format and he has spent several years finding what he believes to be the best suited for each format using several different professional printing companies throughout Australia and only in Australia.

DRT offers 4 different printing formats depending on your budget but encourage all collectors of DRT fine art prints to get the best format you can possibly afford, especially if you have chosen one of Dean’s Limited Editions.  All limited editions are proven to increase in value as more collectors purchase that same fine art print.  As 10% of a particular fine art print is sold the value of that print goes up by 20%, this guaranties your investment increases in value over time.

ACRYLIC PRINTS:

Dean has chosen this printer for Acrylic print based on quality and the materials used, over the years he has tried several different acrylic printers but mostly Dean has not been satisfied with the quality or products used.  The printer Dean has chosen has a great combination of quality products and service.

All the acrylic wall mounts are constructed with professionally printed image on Illford smooth gloss or Illford metallic photo rag, which is seamlessly mounted to 4.5 plexiglass acrylic, and a 3mm aluminium composite backs your image, sealing and protecting the fine art print. The edges are finished with an unparalleled diamond polish finish they then add a concealed aluminium hanging rail that is as easy to hang as a traditional frame.

The size of the rail is between 5mm and 15mm variable on the size and weight of your acrylic print. The finished product can also come under many different names such as; Acrylic prints, Acrylic wall mounts, Perspex framing and Perspex photos to name a few.

Mounting a photographic print to acrylic is a specialised process. Firstly the quality of the photographic papers used and how they work with or react to the other materials in the process. The glue which adheres the photo to the acrylic comes in many different grades and price is usually a good indication to quality.  Acrylic is also a product that has many different brands and grades. Plexiglass is the brand we use and it is a excellent quality acrylic with a 30 year Guarantee. There are many other lesser quality brands used in acrylic face mounting.

Next is the backing of your acrylic print, like everything else in the diasec mounting process there are many different materials used. We use a high quality composite panel which comes under many brands and grades. It is made of a plastic inner and coated with two thin layers of aluminium for strength and durability. The materials used in the acrylic framing process above are only the ingredients to an even trickier process in production. Like cooking, there are many small intricate details in mounting a photographic print to acrylic perfectly. Dust, small scratches, air bubbles and delaminating are all road bumps to a perfectly mounted Acrylic photo.