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    How do you achieve such high-quality fine art prints?

    Posted by Diógenes Lamarche on Monday, January 19, 2009, In : Prints 

    Our prints are so wonderful for a few simple reasons. First, you need a high-quality image to achieve a high-quality print. Also, we adhere to the highest printing standards available today. We only use a Giclée printing system which is commonly found in museums and fine art galleries, even for our open edition prints. This printing system combines the new Ultra-Chrome K3 pigmented inkset from Epson, with Epson's Enhanced Matte heavy weight archival paper. This combination yields highly sat...


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    Will the printed artwork match the image on my screen?

    Posted by Diógenes Lamarche on Monday, January 19, 2009, In : Prints 

    First off, printed images do not include the copyright watermark as viewed on your screen. Second, in order to have a quick-loading, navigation-friendly website, and to protect my artwork, the image on your screen is a scaled down, compressed, low resolution version of the original. Third, most internet browsers "safely" display images in 256 color mode. Other colors may be displayed differently depending on your system, monitor, and computer settings. So the colors I see in my monitor may be...


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    What is a Giclee Print?

    Posted by Diógenes Lamarche on Monday, January 19, 2009, In : Prints 

    A Giclée ("properly" pronounced zhee-clay and sometimes spelled "Gyclée", "Glycée" or "Glicée", or without the accents) is the highest apparent resolution fine art print available today, made with state of the art printing technologies. The term is a neologism derived from a French root meaning squirting or spraying of ink – this is because the patented printing technology forms the image by squirting microscopically fine ink droplets on the medium, usually somewhere around 1,800 dots p...


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