Giclée Printing Media – Archival Quality Acid Free Media

All of our prints are produced using pigment based inks which exhibit unrivalled archival qualities and unsurpassed colour reproduction.

• Fine Art Photo 310gsm - Acid free matte archival paper. Unrivalled image quality for fine art prints and matte photographic prints. Natural white very lightly textured paper.
• Fine Art Contour/Etching 310gsm – Acid free matte archival paper. Unrivalled image quality for fine art prints and matte photographic prints. Similar to Fine Art Photo 310gsm but with a slightly warmer white base and a more pronounced texture.
• Fine Art Canvas 320gsm – Acid free matte unbleached archival canvas. The highest quality canvas for fine art reproductions or photographic prints. This canvas differs from others as it uses unbleached cotton giving a traditional brown back to the media and a nice natural white surface. This canvas can be finished with a matte or satin UV coating.
• Vibrance Rag 325gsm - Acid free gloss archival paper. Natural white 100% cotton paper with a light surface texture. Due to the Baryta base coating this paper has a very close resemblance to silver based photographic printing paper. Suitable for archival, exhibition quality photographic prints.
• Optica One 300gsm – Acid free matte archival paper. Bright white 100% cotton paper with no surface texture. The smoothest fine art paper available for the highest quality reproductions.
• Photo Art Pearl 290gsm – Acid free archival paper. Superior quality fibre based paper which is a digital version of silver based photographic papers. For the finest quality monochromatic photographic images. Suitable for archival, exhibition quality photographic prints.

Click the button below to order a Giclée Printing Media samples pack. This pack contains all of the media outlined above.

Oxford Giclée Ltd accepts no responsibility for copyright. The customer must own the copyright before we will print the images.

Giclée Details – The Finest Quality Fine Art & Photographic Prints

Giclée prints are widely accepted in galleries worldwide as an ultra high quality method of printing limited edition or open edition print runs. Fine art can be digitally reproduced upon a wide variety of papers each offering different finishes and weights similar to traditional artists media.
We only print upon high quality Digital Fine Art media specifically designed for maximum image quality and print longevity. Tests suggest a life-span in excess of 100 years under optimum conditions. If you are unsure of which paper you would like then please contact us and request a samples pack.

Giclée printing offers photographers the highest quality and archival properties of any digital printing.
Papers are available with the same finishes as traditional wet process papers yet offer a substantially longer life-span. Digital giclée prints can last over 100 years under optimum conditions whereas most traditional photographic prints will degrade considerably after 20 years.

Giclée prints have a turnaround time of 48 hrs as standard, ensuring that prints have reached maximum stability before they are dispatched.

Digital fine art reproduction can be achieved using our Scan/Capture service or we are able to accept digital files of sufficient quality.

Using all of the expertise gained through fine art Giclée printing, OGL are able to print upon archival quality unbleached canvas with all of the quality associated with fine art prints. Cotton canvas provides a stunning media which produces beautiful images with outstanding colour and tonal definition. A special UV resistant coating is applied to canvases to increase durability and print longetivity.
Fine art can be digitally reproduced upon canvas giving the same look and feel as original paintings. This opens up new markets for limited edition print runs.

Examples

Below are examples of different printing technologies used in fine art reproduction and photographic printing. We believe that these samples clearly show how superior giclée printing is compared to other available printing

Each sample was captured at the same magnification, 20 x, and shows a smooth non patterned medium grey patch of the same image reproduced using each printing technique. The samples clearly show that giclée printing gives the smoothest tonal reproduction and the smallest ink droplet size. The patterns clearly visible on Lithographic and Laser printing will hinder the creation of razor sharp prints with smooth tonal gradation and neutral colour reproduction.

File Quality For Submitted Digital Files – Ensuring The Highest Quality Prints By Creating The Highest Quality Files

To ensure that OGL are able to produce the highest quality prints from your digital files, the highest possible quality file must be provided to print. The guidlines below outline certain criteria that should be adhered to in order to produce the best possible file. Please follow these guidelines when preparing your digital files ready to be printed.

• File naming: You may use your own file naming system. Please make sure all files are clearly labelled. Multiple files submitted for different sized prints should be labelled with the appropriate size, e.g.. File1A4.tif
• Image resolution: We request that submitted images have a resolution of 300 pixels per inch with the image at the actual height and width settings that will be used in print. If you would like your file printed at a larger size than the resolution will allow we can upscale submitted files but we require the largest file you have in order to maintain quality.
• Image colour depth: If you have the image at 16 bits per channel, please submit that; otherwise 8 bits per channel will be fine.
• Embedded ICC profile: If you have edited your file in an RGB or CMYK colour space please make sure that the colour space profile is embedded when saving your files. Do not embed a printer profile.Eg. If you have edited your file in Adobe RGB (1998) colour space then this colour space profile should be embedded (Tagged) with the file.
• Sharpening: Please do not apply any digital sharpening or use the Un-sharp Mask filter within your digital editing software. We will apply the correct amount of sharpening to suit the printing media used.
• File format: Please deliver the image files to us in TIFF (.tif or .tiff) format. TIFF files willensure the highest quality prints are produced. You can supply PDF (.pdf) or JPEG (.jpg) format files if they are of sufficient quality. Vector files (.ai, .eps, .svg) can be submitted for illustrations.
• File transfer method: We prefer that your images be delivered to us digitally via Web upload or on DVD/CD or USB storage. CD or DVDs should be posted via a secure method which can be tracked. Digital files can be delivered to our offices in person.

If you have any queries regarding the saving and delivery of digital image files for digital printing please contact us.

All queries to info@oxfordgiclee.co.uk