North Penn Art offers giclee printing. Giclee printing is a three step process:
Step 1 – Scanning
We safely capture your original image with our high resolution digital scanner, accommodating any size, no matter how large. Our accurate scanner sees and record every detail of texture and color.
Step 2 – Giclee Printing
Next, we produce a beautiful giclee, on your choice of archival paper or canvas. Our professionally trained staff ensures color accuracy of your reproduction. You may order as many or as few as you wish. This method allows you to sell multiples of your artwork, again and again, at a reduced price of the original.
What is a Giclee?
Giclee printing is a technology used for fine art or photograph reproduction using a very high-quality inkjet printer and quality light fast (fade resistant) archival inks to make individual copies.
The word “Giclee”, pronounced “jhee-clay”, is derived from the French word “le gicleur” meaning “nozzle”, or more specifically “gicler” meaning “to squirt, spurt, or spray”. It has to do with the fact that papers are being sprayed with pigments by nozzles with an approximate diameter of one millionth of the diameter of a hair.
North Penn Art offers a variety of media papers and canvases for giclee printing. High resolution giclee printing is an excellent choice for artists wanting to create single or multi-sized reproductions from digital files.. Contact us and we’ll recommend a paper for your project.
Papers & Canvas
North Penn Art offers a wide variety of printing papers and canvas so that we can best match the original artwork.
Archival Smooth Paper
A high-performance, smooth surface, fine art paper for professional use. This is a 100% cotton rag, mould made paper, that is also acid-free, lignin-free, and pH buffered.
Archival Textured Paper
A high-performace, velvet surface, fine art paper for professional use. This is a 100% cotton rag, mould made paper, that is also acid-free and lignin-free.
Photo Paper (Glossy)
This is the highest gloss-level photo paper within our portfolio. A favorite among nature and landscape photograhers who require extreme sharpness and clarity.
Premium Luster (photo)
This is one of our highest performing photo papers. Features the same Luster E surface (orange peel) of traditional silver halide prints. A favorite among professional photographers
Glossy Canvas
An acid free, lignin free heavyweight cotton-poly blend, this elegantly textured canvas features soft-gloss surface with a bright white point, exceptionally high Dmax and wide color gamut. The canvas base is enhanced with elastic polymers providing high tensile strength and flexibility for gallery wrap stretching without cracking.
Matte Canvas
An acid free, lignin free heavyweight cotton-poly blend, this elegantly textured canvas features a matte non-reflective surface with a bright white point, exceptionally high Dmax and wide color gamut. The canvas base is enhanced with elastic polymers providing high tensile strength and flexibility for gallery wrap stretching without cracking.
Giclee Pricing
North Penn Art offers Giclee printing services at very affordable pricing. We encourage you to shop around. We are confident that you won’t find comparable quality at a better value.
In addition to our already reasonable pricing, we also offer volume discounts. Print 5 or more giclees and receive 10% off.