Custom Archival Exhibition Printing of Your Own Stunning Digital Photos!
High Quality Giclée Prints from Your Digital Photographic Images with Professional Archival Quality at Almost Any Size! Get it off your camera or hard drive – Enlarge and Display them!!!
What are Giclée Prints vs Regular Photo Prints?
If you’re looking for prints that endure, whether for a gallery exhibition or to decorate your home, choosing between different printing methods can be overwhelming, especially if you’re new to printing. Let’s delve into the basics of giclee prints versus photo prints to help you decide which method best suits your needs.
Giclée Printing
Giclee is a specialized art printing technique that uses premium archival ink and paper to produce exceptionally detailed and visually stunning prints. This process employs inkjet technology to precisely spray fine ink dots onto the paper, accurately replicating the original image. Giclee printers use special 12 pigment-based inks, which is a notable improvement over standard printers. This broader color range, combined with precise spraying methods, ensures more accurate reproductions of artwork and photographs. Giclee printing allows artists to replicate a wide variety of art forms with remarkable fidelity.
Traditional Photo Printing
Photo prints, in contrast, are created by reproducing images on chemically sensitized paper, not ‘archival quality.’ This process involves exposing the paper to a photographic negative or a digital image file, resulting in a print produced by a specialty printer or digital exposure unit. Often preferred by photographers aiming to replicate captured scenes, photo prints are typically made on glossy paper, which offers increased scratch resistance but can introduce more glare.
Giclée and Traditional Photo Prints, the Difference
A key difference between giclee prints and photo prints lies in their quality. Giclee printers, combined with high-quality materials, produce archival art prints that exceed the standard of photo prints. This enhanced quality is due to the broader color spectrum and intricate details that giclee printers can achieve, thanks to their 12-color ink set and precise spraying techniques. Additionally, giclee prints are significantly more durable because they use acid-free paper materials, which prevent yellowing and fading over time. If you are looking for a top-tier, long-lasting print, fine art giclee printing is the best choice.
While offering remarkable resolution, our printing process displays your artwork in breathtaking tones. Using the state-of-the-art Epson SureColor P7570 printer, We will transform your photography into stunning fine art. The UltraChrome P12™ ink system produces archival prints with amazing color fidelity, while providing consistently stable colors that will never fade and significantly outperform lesser ‘standard desktop’ inkjet technologies. Epson UltraChrome K3 12 ink process, has improved print permanence characteristics that provide lightfastness ratings of over 100 years for your stunning color prints and over 200 years for beautiful black and white prints.
Our professional equipment offers a high color gamut and higher black density of dark tones. The finished product is a stunning creation, beautifully capturing the eye with its bold contrasts and dynamic colors. This technology yields professional-quality results that are sure to attract and inspire.
P R E M I U M P A P E R S
Premium Luster by Epson®
Wedding, portrait and school photographers have traditionally used luster paper for their photos. Now Epson offers this popular surface paper, Premium Luster Photo Paper, to digital printmakers. This instant drying paper produces vivid, lifelike images that rival those of traditional silver halide prints. Premium Luster Photo Paper delivers highly saturated prints by offering maximum ink coverage and a high D-Max for true photographic reproductions. Its 10-mil RC base gives prints a photographic feel, and keeps the paper cockle-free.
Premium Photo Glossy by Epson®
EPSON Premium Glossy Photo Paper offers the highest gloss level of any Epson resin coated photographic paper. Producing vivid life-like images that rival those of traditional silver halide prints, the ultra glossy finish, coupled with a 10 mil thickness and extremely wide color gamut, make this paper a favorite among discerning photographers. It creates highly saturated prints by offering maximum ink coverage and high D-Max for true photographic reproductions.
Enhanced Matte by Epson®
For photographers seeking a flat matte surface, EPSON Enhanced Matte Paper is an ideal choice. This bright white paper is perfect for images that do not require gloss. It yields highly saturated images, while maintaining excellent highlight and shadow detail. Hobbyists, professional photographers and digital artists alike will find EPSON Enhanced Matte Paper a remarkable solution for any project.
Lasal Photo Matte Paper by Moab®
Moab® Lasal Photo Matte Paper is a superior water resistant, as well as pulp-, acid-, and lignin- free product. The paper’s brilliant white guarantee’s that your photo’s and artwork will be true to life color. Lasal Photo Matte offers an ultra smooth surface, a slightly brighter white, and modest heavier weight to the Enhanced Matte paper by Epson®.
S P E C I A L T Y P A P E R S
Metallic Pearl by Moab®
Designed for photographers seeking to enhance their images with a metallic look, Metallic Pearl transforms an image into lifelike, almost 3D quality. Black & White images shine on this new paper producing deep dark blacks and ultra-bright highlights. Metallic Pearl captures the original beauty of an image with a metallic pearl enhancement. The paper’s high gloss and unique sheen make this ideal for everyday prints with a twist.
Photo Rag (Bright White) by Hahnemuhle®
Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Bright White is a bright white cotton art paper with an inkjet coating specially tailored for FineArt printing. The lightly defined felt structure and characteristic soft Photo Rag® feel gives every FineArt print an incredible depth and three-dimensional appearance. Combined with the matt premium inkjet coating, this produces impressive FineArt prints boasting vivid colours, deep blacks and extraordinary reproduction of detail.
Exhibition Canvas Matte by Epson®
An acid free, lignin free heavyweight cotton-poly blend, this elegantly textured canvas features a matte non-reflective surface with a bright white point, exceptionally high Dmax and wide color gamut. The canvas base is enhanced with elastic polymers providing high tensile strength and flexibility for gallery wrap stretching without cracking.
