Blue Water Editions and our affiliate companies, Blue Water Graphics and Southeastern Printing, offer excellent quality long-and short-run offset lithographic reproductions. In fact, Southeastern Printing, a leader in fine art lithographic printing for over 78 years, has reproduced lithos for Mill Pond Press and other fine art publishers.

Pros of Lithographic Printing

• Offset lithographs up to 26" x 38" can be printed on a variety of papers at a very low cost per print—the final cost depends on the number of prints produced.
• Lithographs printed in limited editions on acid-free papers with fade-resistant inks are considered fine art reproductions, while lithos on glossy text, in either limited or open editions, are considered art posters.
• The entire edition is printed at once, so the cost per print is much lower than the Giclée.

Cons of Lithographic Printing

• To be cost-effective, offset lithography usually requires a minimum number of prints that may greatly exceed the demand—especially if you are unsure of how the market will respond to an individual work.
• If the image ends up selling much slower than you had anticipated, it will take much longer to make back your investment and make a profit.
• Because the entire edition is printed at once, the artist or gallery faces storage and inventory concerns.