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What is a Giclee?

Printing Method

Color Adjustment

Marketing limited Addition Prints

Pricing

Digital Files & Preparation

DPI and PPI: How it affects printing

Image Interpolation

What DPI for Printing?

DIGITAL IMAGING

 

 

 

Fine Art and Photographic Printing

We offer giclee prints and reproductions on different paper mediums including canvas for both art and photography. We use custom blended pigments with an archivability of up to 100 years along with one of half a dozen RIPs at our disposal to accomodate any job. We also specialize in B&W printing using the industries cutting edge technology, Piezotone Quad 7 pigment printing process or full color pigments with specialized rips to generate most any tonal values you prefer for your B&W prints.

As part of the Giclee printing process, we strive to color match your original artwork on your choice of paper to the extent that technology let us, As much as humanly possible on the different papers we use for the final print. We also educate and inform our clients that Giclee printing is a translation of your art with a variety of options at your disposal; rather than a mere duplication. We strive more at
obtaining a likeness and the feel of the original art piece rather than an absolute color match. the reason being, original artwork reflects light differently than pigments on paper/canvas mediums.

The technological side of printing allows us to use ICC profiles made for each specific paper and ink combinations that allow even out of gamut colors to be perceptually matched with consistency.

Because profiles are based on a device - independent color space (CIE LAB), they provide information for the RIP software to adjust to the paper type. This being said, when printing giclees on one type of paper compared to another, there are inherent gamut differences.

The Delta (The difference expected for different batches) on inks and papers is usually less than 1. In simple terms, expect to order a second set of giclees on the same paper i.e. six months down the
road and there should be virtually no change in print colors.