How To Print On Photo Mat

You may want to try 100 cotton mat and backing inside a plastic presentation bag.

How to print on photo mat.

If you do not have a laser printer you can print the document at your local print center for a few cents a page. Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board. Use your x acto knife and metal ruler to cut out your mat the size of your frame. Add elegance and protection when framing photos or artwork by adding a frame mat in a complementary color.

Laser printed wording it must be a laser print. Many a large mat are double the cost of a piece of uncut mat board yowzers and with that said i do collect photography prints and frames and have spent plenty a dime on professionally made or store bought mats but all too regularly find myself dealing with two issues. Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork. If you use an inkjet print it will smear when you paint on the mod podge.

Choose one of our acid free pre cut mats or customize an uncut matboard. I printed mine at home and cut it into sections. Decide how wide you want your mat to be i chose 3 for my mat and measure that distance in from the edge of each side to create a smaller rectangle within your mat. The image will safe from dust dirt in the bag and with only 100 unbuffered cotton touching the image edge it should be fairly safe.

The addition of a sleek well cut mat can greatly enhance the look of any framed picture but having a mat cut and frame made commercially can sometimes cost more than the picture itself. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. Depending on how big your photos and frames are you can adjust the mat width to whatever looks.