Giclée Printing
Fine art reproduction
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10 Central Avenue Studios
Artists Studios & Gallery
Giclée Printing

10 Central Avenue
Greenville, SC 29601

Phone 864•370•0301        fax 864•370•0401
Print shop 864•373•5058

Sassy and Scamp

Giclée, pronounced "jhee-clay" from French, is a neologism for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray".

Artists generally use giclée inkjet printing to make reproductions of their original two-dimensional artwork, photographs or computer-generated art.  Since the artist does not have to pay for the marketing and storage of the older style, large four-color offset print runs, and since he or she can print and sell each print individually in accordance with demand, inkjet printing can be an economical alternative. Inkjet printing has the added advantage of allowing artists total control of the production of their images, including the colors and the substrates on which they are printed.

The term "pigment print" is used generally for any type of printed image that uses strictly pigments. Pigment printing processes have been utilized since the middle of the 19th century. The image stability of pigment printing is superior to that of any other method of printing, including traditional silver-halide.

Digital inkjet printing has seen a surge in the use of the pigment ink as ink sets have been refined to be compatible with the latest in high-resolution inkjet technology.

Pigment Ink achieves increased color gamut while maintaining print longevity of up to 200 years on a wide range of media.

At julia peters studio, we use an Epson Stylus Pro printer with advanced MicroPiezo, 10-channel, ink jet print head.

11 ink cartridge (C, OR, Y, LC, MK, PK, VM, LK, GR, LLK, VLM) Epson UltraChrome® HDR professional-level pigment-based ink technology.

Nozzle Configuration:
Color and Monochrome:
360 nozzles x 10 Colors

Resolution:
2880 x 1440 dpi

Currently, at julia peters studio, the media we are using the most is Somerset Velvet watercolor paper.  100% cotton, pH neutral with a soft, medium textured surface.  We also stock Fine Art PE Canvas Matte, a poly-cotton blend with super wide color gamut, water resistant and stretchable.  Other media are available and we can show you samples.

Creating a print on watercolor paper from an original, sized at 18” by 24”, would run about $96.00 for the first print and $43.20 for every print thereafter of the same size.  Of coarse we can reduce or enlarge from your original to accommodate your requirements.  All paper prints include an extra 1" white margin for matting purposes.
All canvas prints include an extra 2" white margin for stretching.

Once your original is digitally captured, the archived file will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and films inherently do.  Another tremendous advantage is that digital images can be reproduced to almost any size and onto various media, giving you, the artist, the ability to customize prints for a specific client.

For further information and to obtain a price estimate based on your requirement, either call Julia Peters at the studio, 864-370-0301 or Jeff Peters in the printing shop, 864-373-5058.

Giclée Printing