12 Stone Archival Printing Materials and Inks

At 12 Stone Art, we offer the highest quality giclées available anywhere. We use only the finest pigment inks and fine art printing materials from HP and Hahnemühle for brilliant long-lasting prints with exceptional color, contrast and detail. Each giclée is custom printed to your exact specifications. During your order you may select the size and printing material that you prefer, and we will custom print your artwork. We're so certain that you'll love the quality of your 12 Stone artwork that we offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee on every print.

Available Materials

HP Fine Art Canvas

With over 50 years of large format printing experience, HP offers printing materials with exceptional image quality and durability. For our standard material we selected their Professional Matte Canvas for its overall image quality and durability. If you want to upgrade to premium materials, see our Hahnemühle FineArt papers and canvas below.

HP Professional Matte Canvas

HP Professional Matte Canvas

HP Professional Matte Canvas
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The HP Professional Matte Canvas is a heavyweight canvas with a smooth, bright-white, matte finish. It is constructed with an acid-free poly/cotton base and pH-neutral coating for durable, long-lasting, fade-resistant prints.

Hahnemühle FineArt Papers

Hahnemühle is known as “the Mercedes of Paper”, and for good reason. Since 1584, Hahnemühle’s papermakers have been creating unique and beautiful papers from pure spring water and first-class pulps. They are known worldwide as a top manufacturer of sophisticated fine art papers for discerning artists and collectors. Their premium FineArt line of materials is truly top-of-the-line. We offer their FineArt canvas and several cotton-based papers from their FineArt collection in a range of surface textures and thicknesses.

Hahnemühle Torchon 285

Hahnemühle Torchon 285

Hahnemühle Torchon
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The French word “torchon” characterizes a very coarse linen structure. The original beauty and three dimensionality of artwork is captured with this white parchment-like paper. The surface feels relatively smooth, but looks very textured. Colors come out brilliantly and the details remain sharp.

Hahnemühle German Etching 310

Hahnemühle German Etching 310

Hahnemühle German Etching
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This mold-made etching paper has a slightly textured surface that holds detail and color gradations very well.

Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Bright White 310

Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Bright White 310

Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Bright
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This matte, bright-white 100% rag-based paper has a heavy weight and smooth calendered surface, which picks up every detail of the original artwork. While the paper has little texture, the print quality is exceptionally sharp.

Hahnemühle FineArt Canvas

Hahnemühle FineArt Canvas

Hahnemühle FineArt Canvas
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This 100% cotton canvas is the best giclée canvas material money can buy. It has a natural white color with a matte surface made of pure high quality cotton and a beautiful linen structure that adds character to any piece of artwork.

Compare Materials

  Brightness Gloss Texture Weight Thickness
HP Professional Matte Canvas bright (106) matte linen 430g 22mil
Hahnemühle Torchon 285 white (97.5) matte parchment 285g 20mil
Hahnemühle German Etching 310 white (91.5) matte textured 310g 20mil
Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Bright White 310 bright (101) matte smooth 310g 20mil
Hahnemühle FineArt Canvas natural (85) matte linen 390g 20mil