We love photography, but... Why we are un-able to print photography on the digital press? Digital printing is a very different process than lab printing. We are specialists in printing fine art paintings (and drawings) that offer a wide range of detail and critical colour palettes. We calibrate our digital press daily specifically for [...]
Scanning and Photographing • Digitizing your Art • Image File Services We have three digitizing levels depending on your image file needs. 1. Digitizing Services - (for in-house printing) Creating digital files for in-house printing - When having your paintings scanned or photographed and printed with us; we will provide you with a cleaned up, cropped, and technically [...]
Why don't printed colours match what I see on the monitor? Printers just can't print colours the way they look on a monitor, period. An image may look great on the monitor but doesn't print true to the screen. These colours will never be a perfect match because the image on the screen and the image [...]
Best Painting Practices for Fine Art Reproduction. Here at Art Ink Print we take great care to reproduce our clients original artworks as faithfully as possible. Creating a high quality digital image is the foundation for every print job, a low resolution or poorly lit photograph results in distorted printed images with potential colour casts and [...]
If you have created your art digitally or have high quality photo's of your hand crafted masterpiece, share it with us with the greatest of ease, following these handy tips! Our online order forms are the easiest way to get started, and allow you to add all releveant details such as size and paper [...]
Are you storing your image files as JPEGS? If so, you may inadvertently be losing clarity and detail over time, compromising print quality. It is a surprisingly little know fact that JPEGS are NOT a particularly great way to store your artwork files. For anyone who edits their own artwork images, you may be surprised to [...]
Is scanning or photographing artwork better for reproductions? You want to make your painting or drawing into a full size reproduction, or maybe made into art cards. How do you know if you should get your artwork scanned or get it captured (digitally photographed)? Scanning: Scanning provides much higher resolution images - up to 6400 dpi [...]
File Naming Conventions If you've ever struggled to find an image you need and gotten lost in endless folders in your computer you will understand the importance of having a system to organize your files. A file naming convention will make it easy to use your computer's search function to pinpoint what you are [...]
Want to try creating your own digital files for art cards and press prints? Here is what you need to know to photograph artwork and get good results. Camera Settings If you have a RAW setting on your camera, use it. If not, put your camera on its highest quality and image size settings. More [...]