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 [...]
One question we often hear from artists looking to reproduce their work as giclée prints, digital prints, canvas, or art cards, is what size will my artwork print to? This handy little guide explains the options to consider before placing an order online with us. proportional scaling The most important factor, is what [...]
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 [...]
1. Tell your story. How do you describe your work? Be ready with an engaging narrative. Try describing what you do to a friend and have them summarize it for you. 2. Simplify. Focus on the things you care most about and drop the projects you are less interested in. You only have so [...]
Here at Art Ink Print we offer a design service which ensures the back of your card ties in perfectly with your style of work, using fonts unique to each artist we print for. Think of this as a form of branding, which can include an artist bio, your contact details or website address... [...]
The word 'Giclée' (pronounced "zhee-clay") is derived from the French verb 'gicler' meaning “to squirt or spray”. This digital fine art printing method combines superior quality pigment inks with archival papers for the most accurate reproduction of art work, thanks to our diligence in colour profiling and print proofing. We carry a selection of [...]
We are often asked by our customers what different papers we have available and the qualities they have. All of our stock comes from renewable sources or contains recycled content and is environmentally friendly certified, we have tried and tested many papers to find the best! Our standard stock is a coated one side [...]
We are very critical when it comes to colour matching our prints to the original artwork or image files, so proofing is the foundation for achieving great results. Our repeat clients love our attention to detail and know the process from submitting artwork through to receiving the final product, but for newcomers to the [...]