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Giclee printing (or Giclée) has become much more affordable now than it once was. The main benefit is that you the artist is in control of how many prints you have printed at any time, so helping to manage your cash flow. There is no denying the superb quality achievable now using this process with modern giclee printers and inks. This enables you to offer affordable high quality reproduction of your artwork to a much wider audience than otherwise is the case. You maximize the financial return for your efforts and open up your artwork to appreciative buyers who otherwise would be unable to afford the pleasure of seeing your work hanging on their walls. Giclee printing costs are listed below for the main paper stocks and canvas we use. Volume discounts are available.
All the paper we use for giclee printing is Supplied by R K Burt Ltd, a long established supplier of quality art papers. All use 100% acid free cotton rag or wood pulp papers with exceptional color gamut designed specifically for the production of high quality light fast Giclee prints. We only use genuine Epson Ultra-Chrome and K3 inks. The latest Epson 9880 printer offers increased colour gamut. Max print width is up to 44", by as much as 15 meters long. For an illuminating reference on how Giclee paper quality is measured and defined, see this article from Breathing Colour: Click Here. We are very happy to be using their Chromata White canvas which gives wonderful bright colours and deep blacks, without using artificial optical brighteners (which otherwise reduce the longevity/lightfastness). Digital Image Capture requirements We provide a specialist art photography service for artists which ensures Hi-Fidelity giclee prints at all times. See our Photography page for details. Alternatively, you can take your work to any qualified specialist photographic service to have your work digitally captured, and rates will vary between service suppliers. Make sure your photographer understands the specialist needs for photographing artworks ready for giclee production. You need to supply us with a high resolution digital file preferably saved in a TIFF format at 360dpi. Top quality (minimum compression) JPEG files are an acceptable alternative where TIFF files are not available. A mistake artists often make is to think a 'good quality' consumer digital camera would produce a file 'good enough' to use. You would very probably be disappointed with the printed results. We strongly recommend you try our fine art photography service first for your giclee printing. fine art printing services | giclee printing fine art photography | artist agent |
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