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Pros & Cons of Giclée
Pros of Giclée Printing
- The quality of Giclée reproductions is superb. High quality Iris prints from Blue Water Editions capture the most minute details, while retaining subtle tints and blends.
- The Giclée process is printing on-demand. Rather than printing an entire edition at once, you print as you sell—eliminating the need to carry large inventories.
- Giclée files are stored on a CD for future orders, which greatly simplifies storage and archiving.
Cons of Gicleé Printing
- For large orders of hundreds or thousands of fine-art prints, lithographic reproduction offers a lower cost per print.
- Large Giclées are best suited for artists who sell their medium-sized originals for over $1000. If you sell medium-size originals for less than $500, your large Giclées may end up retailing for as much as your originals. Artists with less expensive originals may want to try small Giclées or lithographs instead.
- Wetting papers or scrubbing canvases can cause ink to move, run, or "bloom" on Giclées, so for Giclées on paper, texturing is discouraged. Color-embellishment may be done with dry watercolor pencils, watercolor crayons, colored pencils, or soft pastels instead.
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