Giclee Prints and Giclee Printing by Stan Bowman artist

"GICLEE PRINTS MADE BY AN ARTIST FOR ARTISTS AND OTHERS"

ALL GICLEE PRINTING IS DONE by Stan on a new CANON iPF 9100 60" state of the art wide format printer. This printer employs the latest in 12 color technology and vivid archival inks which offers the highest quality available today at affordable prices.

52"x76" canvas print on a Canon 9100 60" printer

Stan is a master printer who started making Giclee prints 8 years ago on high end wide format printers for many clients and artists both locally and nationally.

Stan brings to Giclee printing his experience as a professional artist with nearly 50 years active involvement in exhibiting art, photography, printmaking, painting, and digital imaging. His work has been widely exhibited both in the US and Europe.

STAN MAKES PRINTS FOR:

1. ARTISTS.
However there are two alternatives.

1. SINGLE PRINTS ON DEMAND. An artist can order Giclee prints on demand at the time of sale so that up front costs are minimized.
2. MULTIPLE PRINTS. An artist can order multiple copies of prints in anticipation of a show or event or to create an inventory, with significant discounts.

2. PRINTS FOR OTHERS.

Stan does printing for many clients who are not artists in a professional sense but who just love making pictures and seeing these in large vibrant prints. Stan enjoys providing wonderful prints that please these clients.

3. BUSINESS CLIENTS.

Stan also makes prints for hotels, motels and other businesses. Usually these are contracted for in bigger projects or larger volumes at special pricing. However the quality remains outstanding using the same top quality materials.

SUPERB PRINTS

BUT FIRST, WHAT ARE GICLEE PRINTS ANYWAY? Simply put, these are considered to be superior high quality ink jet prints usually made on a high end wide format printer by a skilled master printer in a professional print shop operation. Giclee prints in quality often rival the original art work and some feel they surpass it.

What are
PERFECT ART PRINTS?

They are "archival"giclee prints where the quality of the image is the most important consideration. They are giclee prints that are a step above all others because of the time and care taken in the printing. They are prints where a client will say "Wow, that's amazing".

Some people find it convenient to just go to someone locally because they are close by or offer attractive prices. Sometimes they get good prints. But most times they never search out if there are alternatives that will get them even better prints.

Stan believes he can produce prints for you that are superior in appearance because first he is an artist and also because he is a master printer with many years of experience.

PEOPLE HAVE THREE CONCERNS when seeking Giclee prints. They usually want:

SUPERB GICLEE PRINTS. A superb print has a wider range of colors (gamut), greater color vibrancy, and crispness of detail. Read about WHAT MAKES A SUPURB PRINT.
GOOD PRICES. A good print price is one that is low enough to be affordable but high enough to indicate the use of high quality materials on excellent printers. Read about GICLEE PRINTING COSTS.
LONG LASTING PRINTS. Giclee prints these days will last a long time because the inks and papers have been engineered to last longer. But how long is a more complicated question. Read about LONG LASTING GICLEE PRINTS.

Stan offers ALL THREE, but his focus is primarily on creating prints for clients that are SUPERIOR IN APPEARANCE, prints that his clients will truly appreciate, at AFFORDABLE PRICES. Overall his costs are competitively lower than most other giclee print shops while at the same times HE OFFERS SUPERIOR INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE.

But perhaps you are still unsure and need to see an actual print to be convinced.
Well then......

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GICLEE PRINTING IN 2009

The term "Giclee" was coined in the mid 1990's by a west coast master printmaker who was unsure what to call the high quality ink jet prints he was making on his high end Iris printer. After some research he discovered the french word "gicleur" meaning among other things "to squirt", and decided to call his prints "Giclee's", a term which has now caught on in popularity.

However, in the 1990's there was really only one high end printer available, the Iris printer, which was very expensive and difficult to operate with inks that were rather fugitive lasting only a few years before fading. So at that time if one mentioned "Giclee" you knew what it was you were getting and probably who had made it.

Flash forward to 2009. Now a "Giclee print" can mean a lot of things as many printer manufacturers like Epson and Canon and HP make giclee quality printers and new "archival" pigment inks are the norm for giclee printing. Although the term "Giclee" still refers to high quality prints there are so many different manufacturers of printers and inks one can never know what is being used for making these prints unless the company who does the printing is up front about these things or the client specifically asks.

However in most cases the "Giclee prints" one may order from most reputable companies are probably made on the latest versions of high quality printers with state-of-the-art inks on high quality print media like Hahnemuhle papers and Frederix canvas, just to mention two of the many manufacturers. Hence "Giclee" still continues to mean the highest quality of prints available.

Many artists are catching on to the quality and availability of Giclee prints that allows them much wider sales and distribution of their art works in a form that often visually matches the origional work. Any buyers of these Giclee's are appreciating both the lower cost and high quality of Giclee's. So the future of Giclee printing is indeed bright in the art world.