Spectrum is a longstanding professional imaging lab specialising in high quality fine art and photographic printing, as well as archival mounting. We are proud of the reputation that we have established for ourselves, and are known for our high quality, passion, and above all, our excellent service to our customers.
Our work has been exhibited in art galleries and museums the world over. What can we do for you? Founded in 1993, and now nestled in the heart of Brighton, just near the station, Spectrum have grown into one of the UK's leading photographic printing and finishing centres.
Our work has been exhibited in art galleries and museums the world over. What can we do for you? Founded in 1993, and now nestled in the heart of Brighton, just near the station, Spectrum have grown into one of the UK's leading photographic printing and finishing centres.
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With over 20 years experience of high quality printing and mounting for some of the most discerning photographers and artists Spectrum has built a reputation for quality, reliability and excellent customer service. Archival quality C-Type photographic prints are exposed onto Fuji Crystal Archive papers.
Photographic C-type prints are made by exposing light onto colour paper, which is then developed and washed using traditional photographic techniques. Wet developed as with traditional photographic printing, our processors are equipped with an extra wash stage to increase the archival stability of your prints.
Gicle, the French word for 'spray', refers to the ink jet printing process used to produce these beautiful archival standard fine art prints. We use professional, fade-resistant Epson inks and a range of high quality Gicle papers, resulting in beautiful, fully archival prints with incredibly fine detail.
Our studio team are highly experienced in a range of processes to help you achieve the highest quality prints of your work. Printing with our studio can give you additional print options not available with our automated online service. This can give you total control over your printing and peace of mind that we are overseeing the whole process.
Spectrum offer CCD scans on an Imacon X5 scanner. This enables us to produce scans in either 8 or 16-bit depth with a quality that really does rival any drum scan. This scanner handles all film formats up to 54. We recommend using the X5, particularly when scanning colour negatives, as it can give a smoother scan than achievable with a drum scanner.
Reviews (8)
Emma Newman
Sep 29, 2021
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I ordered a print yesterday from Spectrum, asking if there was any chance it could be delivered for Friday as it is a gift. Wow they delivered it this morning!! So so impressed with the speed and the quality is just fantastic. This is the second giclee print I've had done with them and definitely getting all my prints done here in future. Thank you so much!!
Kymara Akinpelumi
Jun 29, 2021
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I've never left a google review before, but i had to leave one for Spectrum as they really have been AMAZING. I hadn't had much experience printing images; it was hard for me to navigate the details of what makes a strong print. I had so many questions. Spectrum covered everything for me from start to finish so that all my questions and alterations during the process were answered they even went out of their way to order a sleeve for my image on request. I probably called and emailed about ten times and every time they were willing to help with such a positive attitude. They had such a big job
Iain Allardyce
Dec 01, 2020
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Andrew Rugman Therug
Nov 12, 2020
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Matt Goddard
Sep 27, 2020
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The Spectrum Team have been great to work with over the last few years. I started off exhibiting for the artist open houses not knowing anything about printing and mounting for framing. I had great advice to help get me going and continued support for any challenges since. They're a friendly bunch and always v helpful.
The print turn-around time of 2 days for local collections is really helpful and the quality is always top-notch. They of course deliver further afield too. There are loads of mounting options and supporting info. The online price calculator is v helpful for quotes. But if you need
The print turn-around time of 2 days for local collections is really helpful and the quality is always top-notch. They of course deliver further afield too. There are loads of mounting options and supporting info. The online price calculator is v helpful for quotes. But if you need
Liam Harrington
May 07, 2020
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Fern Edwards
Oct 29, 2019
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The Herbalizer
Jul 15, 2019
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Submitted some pre-prepared fine art images for giclee printing - results were simply stunning. This was the first time I had ordered fine art reproductions without spending time face-to-face with a printing person discussing colour matching etc so was a bit worried about how the result would be. Needn't have worried - the quality and integrity of the print was spot on. Fast turn around and good customer service too. Web order was easy once I had prepared the images. Definitely recommended and will be submitting a second order very soon! Thanks guys :-)
