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LexJet Sunset Stretcher Bar Kits give you the flexibility to create sturdy, professional-quality gallery wraps in whatever size is needed to fill the space where the image will be displayed.

If your shop has avoided printing on canvas because you didn’t have enough volume to justify a canvas-stretching machine, LexJet has the perfect solution. With LexJet’s new collection of Sunset Stretcher Bar Kits, you don’t need any special tools or equipment to make canvas wraps. Each kit comes with everything you need to make one, sturdy, ready-to-hang wrap in minutes with no leftover hardware.

Even better, you can make wraps in almost any size your customer wants—whether it’s for a giclée print, panoramic photo prints, POP display, retail graphic, or backdrops for news conferences, or photo shoots.

LexJet sells the kits in custom sizes, with bars up to 8 ft. (96 in.) long.

Each kit includes:

• Four 1-in. wide poplar-wood stretcher bars, in depths of either 1.5 or 2.25 in.;
• Back (or corner) braces for long-term durability;
• Industrial-strength corner clips;
• Glue; and
• Hanging wire.

The Pro Method shown here creates a drum-tight stretch for long-term displays.

A technical data sheet on LexJet’s website illustrates the two methods that can be used to make the wraps. Both methods involve positioning and adhering the bars on the back of the print, folding up the bars, and using the corner clips to hold the bars and canvas in place.

The Pro Method creates a drum-tight stretch and is recommended for wraps intended to hang for years. It requires a staple gun and involves stapling the canvas to the back of the bars.

The Return Method is a fast, convenient option for wraps intended for short-term use. In this method, you trim the canvas to the depth of the printed return (the borders showing on the outside edges of the wrap). Then, you simply use the double-sided tape and glue supplied with the kit to adhere the printed returns to the outside edges of the stretcher bars.

LexJet’s website lists just some of the sizes in which Sunset Stretcher Bar Kits are currently available (e.g. 16 x 20 or 36 x 40). Note that the 2.25-in. bars provide the structural stability recommended for larger-size prints.

Call your LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538 for information about additional options, including custom sizes up to 96 in. long.

“Sunset Stretcher Bar Kits enable everyone who owns a wide-format inkjet printer to produce professional-quality, sag-free gallery wraps without having to buy additional equipment,” notes LexJet Product Manger Alex Ried. “The kits are an excellent way to boost the selling price of your prints on canvas or fabric. They also give you the flexibility to create wraps in almost any size or format you choose.”

Although Sunset Select Stretcher Kits are ideal for use with prints that have been output on LexJet’s Sunset Select Canvas and protected with Sunset Coatings, the kits can be used with any canvas, as well as decorative fabrics.

If you want to show your clients something fresh and different, try creating a wrap with one of the other inkjet-printable fabrics from LexJet. Call your account specialist at 800-453-9538 to learn more about fabrics that other LexJet customers have used to create wraps.