Booksmart Studio has come out with a line of inkjet printable aluminum metal sheets. The sheets are available in five finishes: satin, matte, and brush silver, satin gold, and a satin white. Apparently the sheets work very well for black and white prints. I imagine them looking something like an aluminum soda can. They come in a range of sizes and a few thicknesses, but beware, the hit on your wallet won’t be light.
The satin silver seems promising:
The Satin Silver can transform your artwork/photography, due to the fact that the surface has more of a true luster/gloss look. The ink sits on top of the metal, as with all of these metals, but the Satin Silver reflects light back through the ink more so than any of the other metals. The Satin Silver gives an appearance of Ilfochrome because the image appears to be jumping off of the metal surface. There is a very fine grain structure to this metal, which allows for a detailed image.
I was thinking it would be neat to print a black and white on there and mount it in one of my barnwood frames, but then I saw the price tag for the bigger sheets! Some day… anyone interested?
Read more about Booksmart Studio’s Fine Art Metal printing.