How to Print on Acrylic: Quick 4-Step Guide

by William Kenny

Want to know how to print on acrylic? This article talks you through creating a beautiful home decor feature in acrylic glass.

Printing on acrylic involves using a specialised UV printer to reproduce the digital image directly on the print substrate. The UV inks cure instantly, resulting in a durable, glossy print with sharp details and vibrant colours – making acrylic printing ideal for premium home decor features.

The acrylic print sold here at MYPICTURE is one such premium option!

Printing on acrylic here at MYPICTURE is a simple process. Read the steps below to create your premium acrylic print!

Step 1: Choose a Digital Image to Print

Acrylic prints (also known as prints on perspex) are premium wall decor features, so they’re a great choice for your most special images, like professional wedding portraits and fine art photography. But of course you can choose any picture you want – your acrylic print will do justice to any cherished photo!

Because we’re an online provider, you’ll need to upload your image to our site in digital form. Nearly all modern pictures are digital, like those on your phone or PC.

But if you want to print an older physical photo, you’ll need to convert it to digital. Try one of the following methods:

• Use a home scanner. Many home printers include flatbed scanners nowadays, and the quality is often excellent.

• Use a scanning app on your phone. Note that the quality won’t be as good as with a flatbed scanner – so this solution might not be ideal for premium wall art like acrylic prints.

• Find a specialist service. If quality is paramount, we recommend sending your photo prints to a specialist scanning service.

Step 2: Upload Digital Image to Our Site

Go to our acrylic prints page and hit “UPLOAD PHOTOS” to start the process. You’ll be prompted to browse the device you’re using for a digital photo to upload.

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Our system is automated. So when you uploaded your image, it’ll immediately be checked to make sure it’s suitable for our printing process. If it is, you’ll be taken straight to the product design page.

If there is an issue with your image file, you’ll see one of these error messages:

“Image resolution insufficient”:

This means the resolution of your photo is too low – meaning basically that it’s too small. Our acrylic prints are intensely detailed, so the original image needs to be quite large to allow for such high performance.

The minimum resolution needed for a MYPICTURE acrylic print is 580 x 580 pixels.

“Invalid file format”:

This means your image file is the wrong format. You need to upload your image as a .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, or .GIF file.

Step 3: Design Your Print

After uploading you’ll be taken straight to our product design page. Now you just need to make a few simple design choices before your product is ready to order.

In the top-right corner you’ll see a mock-up of how the final result will look. Any design choices you make will be reflected in the mock-up.

Your design options are as follows:

• Choose Format. You’ll see a list of size formats suited to the size and shape of your photo, with prices clearly shown.

• Choose Hanger Set. Depending on your print size, you’ll be offered one or both of our hanger sets. The Hanger Plate and Aluminium Backframe are both easy solutions that stay hidden out of sight once your print’s on the wall.

• Adjust Print Area. If your photo isn’t exactly the same shape as your chosen print, it will need to be cropped slightly. To adjust the area you want to keep, click and drag your image in the print mock-up.

• Zoom. Click and drag on the line provided to zoom in on your image.

• Add Text. Click on the button under the print mock-up to add text to your photo. You can choose the font, size, and colour of your text.

Step 4: Complete Order

Once you’re happy with your design choices, click “Continue to Shopping Cart”. You can review your item(s) in the basket.

If all the details look right, just enter your delivery and payment details, then complete your order. Your acrylic print will go into production as soon as payment has been received!

Delivery Times for Acrylic Prints:

We make all our products to order. But our streamlined production and delivery processes mean you can expect your print to arrive at your doorstep super-fast.

These are our delivery times for acrylic prints (working days are Monday-Friday, excluding public holidays):

• Production: 2 working days

• Shipping: 3-5 working days

• Total delivery time: 5-7 working days

Other MYPICTURE Prints on Acrylic

This article describes how to order our acrylic print: a wall art feature made with acrylic glass. But we also make some other prints on acrylic that might interest you.

MYPICTURE doesn’t just print wall decoration. We also make a range of home & lifestyle features and photo gifts. You might be interested in the following items printed on acrylic glass:

• Acrylic Block. Your photo is displayed behind a chunky block of acrylic glass (25mm thick). The generous depth of the block creates a beautiful 3D effect, with light falling across your image from every direction.

• MixBlox. These are smaller cousins of the full-sized acrylic block. Sold in a single 5 x 5cm format, they’re ideal for displaying in clusters.

• Acrylic Puzzle. A premium upgrade of our popular photo jigsaw, with the puzzle pieces made from 2mm-thick acrylic glass.

And the good news is, the instructions for how to print on acrylic are basically the same for all our acrylic products. Just go to the relevant product page and click “UPLOAD PHOTOS” to get started!