Monday, July 16, 2012

Practical Standards Of Giclee Printing Services

By Stephanie Skinner


Giclee printing services are the methods used to reproduce high quality art work through a large format ink jet printer. Any piece of visual art like painting and photographs can be quickly reproduced with high definition print process. This makes fine art reproduction faster and economical.

The first method of reproducing copies of an art or photograph back in the early nineties is done by squirting or spraying ink on a piece of paper. This has later on derived the term of art replication. It is a verb meaning spray or squirt.

Artists gains more control pertaining to the reproduction of their art work. This will allow them to replicate and adjust the original fine art's size. It also gives the artist the access to enhance the photo or painting either digitally or manually with the use of various image enhancing software.

The appropriate printer is an ink jet printer that can hold an average of twelve archival pigmented ink colors. This will provide dot pattern free print out which makes the replicated copy very similar to the original one. The print industry prefers high quality results from high standard equipments.

The ink jet printer should use the archival pigmented ink for long shelf life. This type of ink is said to last for more than a hundred years. This means that it is very ideal for archiving purposes. It also resilient to water and UV rays from the sun. This component gives a very high ink quality.

The type of paper and canvass used in reproduction is also very vital. The quality should provide the similar rate of paper longevity for archival purposes. The poly cotton paper material in the treated paper composition makes the canvass more expensive than the normal paper. The canvass or paper material is also versatile for stretches.

Acquire the necessary authenticity certificates when reproducing for giclee printing services. This would provide legalities to copyright laws and trademark reproduction. Quality art reproduction should be rightfully produced.




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