11 Best Print Drying Racks for Printmakers and Painters (2026)

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The same format from a classroom-supply brand: 25 flat wire shelves 1 inch apart, three casters, wall-mount hardware included, a 14.5 x 17.5 x 38 in steel frame. About $100 at the time of writing. A 2-pack was also listed at about $168 when we checked.

Buy it if the U.S. Art Supply rack is out of stock, or if you want two matching racks for a larger edition or a shared studio.

Fifteen flat shelves on a steel frame that sits on a table or mounts on the wall, with shelves 1 inch apart rated for 3 lb each. About $80 at the time of writing.

Buy it for a spare-room studio or a kitchen-table lino setup where floor space is the constraint.

A welded metal rack about 26 x 18 x 26 in with shelves 1.5 inches apart instead of 1 inch, which gives collagraphs, heavily embossed prints and small painted panels room to breathe. Rubber feet for tabletop use, or wall-mount it. About $202 at the time of writing.

Buy it if your work has texture or thickness (collagraphs, chine colle with heavy collage, small acrylic studies on board) that would touch the shelf above on a 1-inch rack.

A welded, rolling rack 36.5 in high, 26.5 in wide and 17.5 in deep that holds 16 pieces with even spacing. About $202 at the time of writing. The wider footprint takes larger sheets than the 17.5-inch racks.

Buy it for a teaching studio or a shared print room that needs to roll the rack out of the way between sessions.

Big-Ticket Pick

The only rack on Amazon we found that takes a full 22 x 30 sheet flat. Each shelf is 25.5 x 35.4 in, there are 50 shelves at 1 inch or 25 at 2 inches, and the adjustable spring tension also suits screen printing frames. About $511 at the time of writing. It is an unbranded import, which we say plainly.

Buy it if you print on full sheets of Rives BFK, Arches or Stonehenge, pull large screen prints, or run a small community print shop.

The oldest drying rack in printmaking is a line and clips. These stainless clips have rubber padded jaws, open to 1.25 in, and will not rust onto damp paper. About $14 for 24 at the time of writing. String a wire across the studio and you have room for two dozen prints.

Buy them if you are starting out, if you print on thin papers that dry fast, or if you need overflow drying space during a big run.

An all-wood carrier that holds two canvases face to face without touching, for 3/4-inch deep canvases up to 27 inches high, with a carrying handle. About $51 at the time of writing. The painter's answer to getting wet work home from class.

Buy it if you paint in oils or acrylics in a class, a workshop or outdoors and need to carry wet canvases without smudging them.

A waterproof, solvent resistant case over an aluminum frame with an adjustable track system that holds four thin panels back to back in sizes from 6 x 12 up to 12 x 16. About $136 at the time of writing, 4.75 lb.

Buy it if you paint plein air on panels and need to carry several wet studies home on your back.

A lightweight, waterproof corrugated plastic carrier from a panel maker plein air painters know well. Molded tracks keep panels apart, a Velcro lid closes it, and a strap carries it. Holds 11-inch-wide panels up to 14 in high. About $60 at the time of writing.

Buy it if you paint on one panel size and want the lightest, cheapest way to carry wet work.

Not a drying rack: a folding print bin for prints once they are dry. An aluminum frame with black canvas, 36 in wide by 38.5 in high with a 6 in gusset, hand holes to carry it and rubber feet. About $130 at the time of writing. It stores sleeved prints upright in the studio and doubles as the browse bin at art fairs.

Buy it once your drying rack is full of finished, dry, sleeved prints that need somewhere to live, especially if you sell at fairs.