- Museum Quality (Giclee) Prints
- Poster Prints
I’ve been printing photographic images since 1987, back in the days of analog film and darkroom chemicals. I’ve been creating digital prints for over a decade, and I offer my clients and customers prints of a superior quality. Two different objective factors influence print quality: the paper and the ink. I offer digital photographic prints of two types:
Museum Quality (Giclee) Prints
Giclee refers to a printing methodology developed in the early 1990’s to produce the highest quality Fine Art digital inkjet prints. Three main elements allow a print to be labels as Giclee:
Pigment-based ink offer colorfast images that can last up to 200 years. Some photographers choose less expensive bargain inks to lower their cost (and increase their profit.) I use only the finest quality inks.
Inkjet Printer offers a type of ink nozzle designed to make ultra- minute ink droplets sprayed onto the paper. In addition to the nozzle specifics, prints can be labeled as Giclee when there are at least 7 inks used within the printer. My large format printer uses 11 ink cartridges
The last element required is the use of an acid-free paper that doesn’t discolor or degrade over time.
Poster Prints
My poster prints rely on the same vibrant inks and printer, but rather than use more expensive papers, I print these on commercial-grade poster-like papers. This allows poster prints to be lower in cost, but they lack the same longevity of museum quality papers.