Archival vs Acid Free Papers

Archival paper is an especially permanent, durable acid-free paper. Archival paper is meant to be used for works of significant value. Often, cotton rag paper is used for archival purposes, as it is not made from wood-based pulp. Thus, “archival paper” is sometimes broken down into two categories: Conservation-grade — acid-free, buffered paper made from wood-based pulp also referred […]

What is a Giclée Print?

Giclée is a neologism coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne for fine art digital prints made on inkjet printers. The name originally applied to fine art prints created on a modified Iris printer in a process invented in the late 1980’s. It has since been used loosely to mean any fine-art inkjet print. Archival […]

Pigment Inks vs Dye Inks

Wholesale Artist Giclée works with Canon’s 12-Colour Lucia Ex Ink Set. What makes the LUCIA EX inks so important? First of all, LUCIA EX inks are pigments not dyes. Here’s the difference: Pigment inks are made of microscopic solid particles that are suspended in a liquid. These encapsulated particles actually bond to the surface of a […]

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