About WardMaps.com Prints
Print Media | Print Styles

	Print Media   Fine Art Paper "Museum Quality Prints" Prints on our Fine Art Paper are our flagship museum quality prints. We print exclusively with archival inks on true acid-free papers. We use professional-grade Epson Ultrachrome inks and print onto genuine Epson watercolor and white matte papers formulated for Epson Ultrachrome inks. WardMaps.com high resolution digital source files in combination with Epson Ultrachrome technology allows us to create a 100-year no-fade print. We offer add on mats as well as frames with mats. Click here for more information about our frame styles.   Premium Canvas Prints on our Canvas Paper utilize archival inks on glossy canvas. We use professional-grade Epson Ultrachrome inks and print onto genuine Epson canvas formulated for Epson Ultrachrome inks. WardMaps.com high resolution digital source files in combination with Epson Ultrachrome technology allows us to create a 100-year no-fade print. We offer add on mats as well as frames with mats. Click here for more information about our frame styles.   B&W Proof Paper "Research Prints" WardMaps.com offers this media for researchers, genealogists and those not needing a high-quality print for formal display or framing. Prints are ink-jet black & white prints on standard 20lb white paper. Research prints are mailed folded in standard envelopes with a lower shipping cost as an economical alternative to our fine-art prints.   Metal WardMaps.com Metal Prints are our latest offering. Map is printed under high heat and pressure bonding the image permanently to an aluminum sheet. The image is glossy color and full bleed. A black wood backing board is routed with nail slots for easy hanging. Backing board is set back from edges of the aluminum sheet making it appear to float on the wall. Metail prints are currently offered in three sizes. Above: Front showing glossy color image Above: Back showing slots for hanging onto nails   Wood Wood prints feature full glossy color image on 1/2" thick black board. Map is printed under high heat and pressure bonding the image permanently to the wood board. Edges of wood prints feature elegant 1/4" 45 degree bevels. Back of board is routed with nail slots for easy hanging. Above: Detail showing beveled edge.

	Print Styles   Unrestored Prints Unrestored Prints are direct replicas of the original, antique maps in our collection. We performed no alteration to the source map, hence our reference to them are "unrestored". We coined this term to make a distinction from our "restored" maps (see below). Before Restoration Plate 11 from the Atlas of West Roxbury by Bromley. This map was published in 1924 and was ravaged by many years of heavy use. The map is approximately 22" x 32".Map is separated into two pieces at the crease. There are significant tears and pieces of the map missing.   Restored Prints Restored Prints are our specialty. We digitize all the maps we own and restore them using the latest graphic software. We sell archival quality prints of the restored maps. We do not perform restoration of the paper maps. After Restoration All tears have been repaired. Missing pieces have been extrapolated. Staining has been minimized.

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