I spent a lot of time searching for a printer who I can trust to reproduce my artwork prints to my exacting standards and who truly appreciates and understands that prints must be accurate in reproducing the fine hues and subtle details of my original work.
I can honestly say that placing the original and the print side-by-side, you really can’t tell the difference, the reproduction and colour matching is that good.
So what goes in to making a print that’s indistinguishable from the original?
Colour profiling
To ensure the most accurate colours and hues a bespoke colour profile is produced using X-Rite colour management system. This guarantees colour accuracy on a wide variety of media.
Inks
Onlythe highest quality genuine Epson inks are used in Epson printers (Epson Sure Color SC-P9000). Epson inks are highly acclaimed within the fine art printing industry and offer the ultimate standards in ink lightfastness – over 100 years! They are also famous for their extremely wide colour gamut (different shades and hues). Combined with the finest in fine art papers, this ensures the best possible result.
Paper
My printer is approved by The Fine Art Trade Guild and participates in their ArtSure scheme ensuring the paper and inks used are of archival standard with a ph between 7 and 9 and minimum weight of 250gsm.
The paper used is selected according to the specific application and suitability of each print. I only use paper from the following top brands will be used: Hahnemühle FineArt, St Cuthbert’s Mill, Canson.
Capture
To produce the perfect print, the original artwork must be captured in all its detail and accurately record the colour. If this stage isn’t done correctly, however good the print, it will not be accurate. Fortunately my artwork is photographed to museum quality at a resolution twice the size of the original artwork, ensuring an image with high colour-depth, detail, tonal range and accuracy. A typical 16″ x 12″ original will produce an image file of 160mp and a huge 900mb (16bit) @300ppi in size, producing an amazing giclée print of 36″ x 24″ @300ppi without any enlargement or distortion.