Professional quality C Type prints

METROPRINT is the only online printing facility producing C Type colour AND genuine black and white photographic prints in the UK. We are also the only service to use Laser light source printers, the highest optical quality available today. So whether your passion is scanned polaroids or a new digital camera set to shoot black and white, we can make you a real C Type photographic print on real photographic paper. Or, for those who prefer the vibrant colours of inkjet, our Giclée service offers the very latest in Cotton Rag and Baryta papers.

If you haven’t made prints with us before we think you will be impressed!

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  • Metroprint offers unique services such as large format printing on our fantastic Lightjet 500XL printer. We also offer advice for uploading and ordering large files
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    Metroprint offers unique services such as large format printing on our fantastic Lightjet 500XL printer. We also offer advice for uploading and ordering large files
  • Find out about Digital C-Type prints, how the processing is similar to traditional photographic prints and how the images are created at Metro Print
    What is a Digital C Type?
    Find out about Digital C-Type prints, how the processing is similar to traditional photographic prints and how the images are created at Metro Print

Turnaround times:

All C Type sizes / Lambda prints - 48 hours
Lightjet prints - 72 hours 


All our C Type prints are produced on laser printers such as Lambda or Lightjet: photographic printers that professionals have loved for decades. Prints up to 48” wide are produced on the Lambda printer using Fuji Crystal Archive paper. Prints larger than this size are produced on the Lightjet. Using Kodak Endura paper. These papers have always been valued for their tried and tested archival, lightfast qualities. Because our photographic prints are produced on laser printers, our photographic papers benefit from the lightfastness and archival benefits of traditional photographic processes that professional photographers rely upon. For information on all our papers lightfastness and archival properties, see Paper Properties in Technical Help.


Kodak LogoKodak Professional Ultra Endura Paper

120” x 72” Lightjet paper available in Matt or Gloss


An all-round winner for colour printing as it’s possible to print directly onto it from both film and digital media. Endura is a resin coated paper and gives us extraordinarily rich colours with great flesh tones, as well as the most intense blacks. It has top-notch archival quality and Kodak state print longevity is up to 100 years in typical home display and 200 years in dark storage.

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Fuji Crystal Archive paper

Fuji Crystal Archive paper uses optimized Silver Halide Crystals for laser exposure. Producing excellent prints from laser printers, as well as other digital exposure systems and conventional photographic printers, this paper is considered to be the industry standard for fine art printing, offering vivid colour reproduction ranging from subtle shades of green, to vivid blues and reds. The paper exhibits high image stability during long-term dark storage and excellent light storage stability.

For more information on this paper visit Fuji’s website here
Read a review of the new Fuji Crystal Archive paper here

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