GICLEE Printing
By DFKLG - Added 21st of February 2011fine art printing services
WHAT WE DO.....
The process involves taking a high resolution scan of your artwork, removing any blemishes or dust digitally. We then check colour balance and make any adjustments, all of which is done with the artist. We then print a proof to check the final image before print, sometimes this can take as many as four proofs. Once checked by artist , we then go to print using an Epson 4800 professional A2 inkjet printer. We only use genuine Epson K3 pigment inks and only papers that are tried and tested independently for Lightfastness and compatibility.
www.wilhelm-research.com/epson/4800.html
THE GICLEE PROCESS
The Process: Giclee prints are created typically using professional 8-Color to 12-Color ink-jet printers. Among the manufacturers of these printers are vanguards such as Epson, MacDermid Colorspan, & Hewlett-Packard. These modern technology printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets. Giclee prints are sometimes mistakenly referred to as Iris prints, which are 4-Color ink-jet prints from a printer pioneered in the late 1970s by Iris Graphics.
The Advantages: Giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. Once an image is digitally archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and reasonable cost. The prohibitive up-front cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated. Archived files will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and film inherently do.
The Quality: The quality of the giclee print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.
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The process involves taking a high resolution scan of your artwork, removing any blemishes or dust digitally. We then check colour balance and make any adjustments, all of which is done with the artist. We then print a proof to check the final image before print, sometimes this can take as many as four proofs. Once checked by artist , we then go to print using an Epson 4800 professional A2 inkjet printer. We only use genuine Epson K3 pigment inks and only papers that are tried and tested independently for Lightfastness and compatibility.
www.wilhelm-research.com/epson/4800.html
THE GICLEE PROCESS
The Process: Giclee prints are created typically using professional 8-Color to 12-Color ink-jet printers. Among the manufacturers of these printers are vanguards such as Epson, MacDermid Colorspan, & Hewlett-Packard. These modern technology printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets. Giclee prints are sometimes mistakenly referred to as Iris prints, which are 4-Color ink-jet prints from a printer pioneered in the late 1970s by Iris Graphics.
The Advantages: Giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. Once an image is digitally archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and reasonable cost. The prohibitive up-front cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated. Archived files will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and film inherently do.
The Quality: The quality of the giclee print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.
Articles For artists looking at producing prints