Eco-solvent Inks and Solvent Printer Explained.
Solvent printers (like our Mutoh ValueJet 1608)can print directly to uncoated plastics. Solvent printers are a relatively recent development in ink jet technology and are a much larger investment than their aqueous siblings. It is the solvent inks’ ability to print directly onto banner vinyl and other plastics that makes them so valuable. In fact, a solvent printer is unique in that it heats up the media being printed upon to allow the solvent to actually penetrate the plastic, leaving the ink embedded in the media! This means that solvent-printed vinyl media are very scratch resistant and can be exposed to water and weather for years without harm.
Giclee Printing is a Museum-quality Canvas & Fine Art Watercolor Prints.
In giclee printing, no screen or other mechanical devices are used and therefore there is no visible dot screen pattern. The image has all the tonalities and hues of the original painting. Giclee (pronounced zhee’klay) is a French term meaning to spray or squirt, which is how an inkjet printer works. However, it is not the same as a standard desktop inkjet printer, and is of a much higher caliber.
Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various museum-quality substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. Giclee prints are created typically using professional 8-Color to 12-Color ink-jet printers. Among the manufacturers of these printers are vanguards such as Epson, Canon & Hewlett-Packard. These modern technology printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets. Giclee prints are sometimes mistakenly referred to as Iris prints, which are 4-Color ink-jet prints from a printer pioneered in the late 1970s by Iris Graphics. The Advantages: Giclee printing can be advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. Once an image is digitally archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and reasonable cost. The prohibitive up-front cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated. Archived files will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and film inherently do. Another tremendous advantage of giclee printing is that digital images can be reproduced to almost any size and onto various media, giving the artist the ability to customize prints for a specific client.
Calculate The Printing Cost.
One square feet (sq ft) is 12 inches by 12 inches. Price calculated to the nearest sq ft.
To calculated your print requirement area in sq ft:
• width inch times height inch divided by 144.
• example: 23.5" by 35.5" divide by 144 is 6 sq ft.
• If print on Canvas media, my cost will be 6x$10=$60.00
To Laminate or Not To Laminate.
Laminate help preserve the longevity of your prints. If you are planning to use it for quite some times, it is best to laminate your print. Laminate IS REQUIRED if you are using one of our rolling banner stands but may not on our grommetted banner stands
What
is Bleed in Printing.
You heard it a lot from your local printer, "The artwork need
to be bleed or we can't cut it for you because the image have no bleed area". You thought you have the perfect design and time is of the essence. Frustated? Hopefully not. Bleed or bleeds means the image,
line, graphic or design is extended outside the cutting area.
We can help you figure it out whether your artwork has enough bleed. For our wide
format printing industry we suggest to have at least 1 inch bleed for cutting
and mounting purposes.