How To Go About Shopping For Giclee Prints

By Walter Fisher


The following guidance is geared towards helping you with buying giclee types of printing services for artwork. This is a high quality form of printing that allows artists and designers to market their work in affordable price ranges. To follow are some suggestions to teach you more about giclee prints which also include resources and tools for finding listings of printers.

The foremost thought in your mind as a shopper should be taking the right steps to protect your safety. That means making it your top priority to vet carefully any vendors, services or products that you are considering. Making sure that they are reputable and safe is very important.

The opportunity to see a sample of the print up front is very important to making the right choice for you. This allows you to get a better sense of color reproduction and quality of printing. It is a good idea to compare your original artwork to the reproduction if possible to see how true it is to the original colors.

On a similar note remember that no matter whether you are planning to produce prints of your work or want to buy prints for display at home there are some important things to consider. Making safety your top priority is an essential point. This requires that you vet carefully any products, vendors or services you are thinking about using to be sure that they are reputable and safe.

Printers work in a variety of ways and it is good to understand your options up front. Some are able to offer small runs of prints which are aimed at freelance and independent artists who want to sell their work in small quantities. It may even be possible to find a print on demand service. Furthermore, some of these printers offer drop ship options so that buyers may have products sent directly from the printer to their home.

As well there is an extensive range of papers from which to choose. Often the more high quality and heavy weight a paper is, the more costly it is to source. The wide price range of papers gives you the chance to customize the product according to your budget.

As well there are loads of print services which offer other products to go along side prints. For example you might want to order greetings cards, coasters, mouse pads or even t shirts. The options are seemingly endless and it is just a matter of matching them to your target audience.

In fact many designers find that offering some less expensive items alongside more pricey choices helps both categories of products to sell better. It can also increase your appeal to a broader group of customers with varying budgets. For further handy tips on this topic there are many blogs online that discuss art and illustrator topics. They often include practical lists related to preparing your work for printing.




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