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The advent of digital photography has lead to an ever-expanding field of digital printing. While photographic prints are somewhat limited in paper choices, a Giclée (meaning to spray or squirt in French) print on canvas, watercolor or other material will recreate vivid photos and paintings with deep blacks, saturation and gradations hard to achieve with other media. This sophisticated process offers amazing control over the sharpness, colour and hue saturation. A true Giclée print is characterized by the following:

1) The use of archival pigmented inks
2) The use of archival fine art papers (i.e. Hahnemühle, Somerset Velvet)
3) An inkjet printer with professional grade nozzles
4) Individual color profiling for each paper

Our Epson 9800 printer uses 8 colour Epson UltraChrome K3™ Ink with 8-channel print head technology, offering an extremely wide gamut (Range of colors reproduced) compared to traditional 4 colour inkjet printing. The use of this expanded range of colors is the main reason why Giclée is the only method that can render accurate tonality and can better approach the contrast and brilliance of original painting.

We print up to 44” wide, with a maximum resolution of 1440 dpi. The Epson UltraChrome™ Ink Technology is designed to reduce metamerism and bronzing and achieve a level of black density that approaches most dye-based printers but with the colour stability of high-density pigment-based inks.

We currently offer Watercolour and Canvas Giclée prints. We have exhaustively researched the highest quality materials for this process and we now choose to use only Genuine Hahnemühle papers. Our canvas is artist grade and canvas prints are given two coats of UV image stabilizing lacquer to protect against finger marks, moisture and light. We have a choice of three stretcher depths; 40mm, 30mm and 20mm profile. The prices below include stretching; unstretched canvas prints are available at a discount of 40%.

There are three levels of service available:

Master Giclée Service

The Master Giclée service is suitable for artists who require the highest precision and control over the final print. Our technicians produce test work prints of both the full image (miniature) and the full size (strip) and through a process of discussion with the artist, arrive at a perfect proof. If you have an original print (e.g. painting) we can match the colour and density using calibrated monitors and the discerning eyes of our printers. Normal turnaround time: 10 days.

If you have an original print (e.g. a painting) you may require a reproduction transparency to create a photographic version on film for scanning. We recommend using film due to the accuracy of colour and density. This will be matched during printing using calibrated monitors and the discerning eyes of our printers.

The Master service includes:

Scanning of original artwork/image when required
Preprint file inspection and file conversion
Colour corrections to your specifications
ICC profiling for the specified paper
Work prints and full length test strips where appropriate
Layout and borders
Trimming and Packaging
Edition CD including corrections and profiles
Free archiving on Spectrum Server

Extras:

Supervised printing/retouching £50.00per hour or by arrangement
Additional prints at Edition prices
Packaging for overseas carriers £25.00

	Standard Giclée Service

	The Standard Giclée service is suitable for artists who require the assistance of skilled technicians to produce a print of very high quality without overseeing tests. The Standard Giclée service is for customers who require our skilled technicians to correct and enhance their images to arrive at an optimum print. This service can be used in conjunction with the Master service. Where major corrections are required it may be advised that test strips are viewed before full size printing. Normal turnaround time: 5 days The Standard service includes: Preprint file inspection and file conversion where needed Colour corrections to the printer’s specifications ICC profiling for the specified paper Layout and borders Proof print for approval Final print on specified paper Trimming and Packaging Extras: Scanning of original artwork Edition CD with corrections and profile £5.00 Additional prints at Edition prices Packaging for overseas carriers £25.00

	Edition Giclée Service

	The Edition Giclée service is designed for artists working with a fully calibrated system who require the precision of a colour managed workflow, but no tests, conversions or corrections. This service is also ideally suited to clients working in an ICC colour managed environment who may wish to make use of our soft proof profile within Photoshop to accurately judge their images before sending. This service is also available for additional prints from the Master and Standard services which can either be ordered at the same time or later from our archive or supplied CD. See Colour & File info for more information. Normal turnaround time: 3 days The Edition service includes: Preprint file inspection ICC profiling for the specified paper Borders as supplied Packaging Extras: Scanning of original artwork Trimming at £2.50 per print Full length test strip £10.00 Additional prints at Edition print run prices Resizing, file conversions and layout - £25.00 per hour Packaging for overseas carriers £25.00

Giclée Watercolour print prices

A Sizes	Size (mm)	Master	Standard	Edition
	200 x 250	£25.00	£15.00	£8.50
A4	200 x 300	£25.00	£17.50	£10.00
	250 x 300	£25.00	£17.50	£11.50
	300 x 350	£27.50	£18.50	£11.50
	300 x 400	£27.50	£18.50	£12.00
A3	420 x 297	£35.00	£20.00	£12.50
	400 x 400	£40.00	£25.00	£15.00
	400 x 500	£45.00	£30.00	£17.00
	500 x 500	£52.50	£35.00	£20.00
A2	594 x 420	£60.00	£40.00	£25.00
	600 x 500	£70.00	£47.50	£27.50
	750 x 500	£80.00	£55.00	£30.00
	750 x 750	£90.00	£60.00	£35.00
A1	841 x 594	£105.00	£70.00	£40.00
	900 x 600	£110.00	£80.00	£45.00
	1000 x 750	£125.00	£85.00	£50.00
	900 x 900	£135.00	£95.00	£60.00
	1000 x 1000	£140.00	£100.00	£70.00
A0	1189 x 841	£150.00	£110.00	£85.00
	1200 x 900	£165.00	£120.00	£90.00
	1500 x 1000	£180.00	£135.00	£100.00

Borders are included in the total paper size | Please note that prices do not include VAT

Giclée Canvas print prices

A Sizes	Size (mm)	Master	Standard	Edition
	200 x 250	£35.00	£25.00	£20.00
A4	200 x 300	£40.00	£30.00	£25.00
	250 x 300	£42.50	£32.50	£25.00
	300 x 350	£42.50	£32.50	£25.00
	300 x 400	£45.00	£35.00	£27.50
A3	420 x 297	£47.50	£37.50	£30.00
	400 x 400	£50.00	£40.00	£37.50
	400 x 500	£55.00	£40.00	£37.50
	500 x 500	£60.00	£50.00	£45.00
A2	594 x 420	£75.00	£60.00	£50.00
	600 x 500	£80.00	£65.00	£55.00
	750 x 500	£90.00	£70.00	£60.00
	750 x 750	£105.00	£85.00	£75.00
A1	841 x 594	£120.00	£95.00	£85.00
	900 x 600	£125.00	£100.00	£87.50
	1000 x 750	£140.00	£110.00	£95.00
	900 x 900	£160.00	£125.00	£110.00
	1000 x 1000	£185.00	£145.00	£125.00
A0	1189 x 841	£185.00	£160.00	£125.00
	1500 x 1000	£200.00	£185.00	£150.00

These prices include stretching - Please specify if you would like images wrapped around the stretchers - Unstretched canvas dicounted by 40%

Please note that prices do not include VAT

Master Giclée Service

Standard Giclée Service

Edition Giclée Service

Giclée Watercolour print prices

Giclée Canvas print prices