Thursday, July 19, 2012

Quality Guidelines 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.

This method of reproduction was first established during the late eighties. It is name as such because of how the reproduction is being processed. It was derived from the French word wherein if translated means to squirt or spray.

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.

Appropriate canvass should have the standard archival quality. The paper along with the ink used to copy a piece of art should last long so it can be a viable replica for display or collection. The paper material is treated and made with poly cotton. Although this can be quite expensive, this composition adds elasticity and versatility to the paper.

Appropriate authenticity certification is still very necessary even when a piece of art work is just being reproduced. Reproduction should respect copyright ownership of the artist. It is important to observe ethics even on the most convenient giclee printing services.




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