Giclée Printing for Custom Art Prints on Fine Art Paper

Custom Art Prints is fine art printing for a file you already have. It suits your own paintings and drawings, whether scanned or photographed, your illustrations, digital art, photographs, and downloaded artwork you have the right to print. You can bring a saved digital file from your computer, a scan made for you, or a license that lets you reproduce the work. The rights line is simple: own the file, or hold permission from whoever does.

• Archival matte: 200gsm fine art paper, smooth, no sheen, natural white, sold at all six sizes from 8 x 10 to 24 x 36 in. It suits digital art, illustration, crisp detail and photographs.
• Textured etching: Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, a mold-made fine art paper with a soft, velvety textured surface, sold at the same six sizes, 8 x 10 to 24 x 36 in. Hahnemühle lists it as 100% alpha cellulose, acid and lignin free, and ISO 9706 conform. It suits paintings, drawings, watercolor and work that wants a tactile surface.

Choose the smooth sheet when the file is clean and digital. Choose the textured sheet when the marks are the point.

Save the file at 300 dpi at the print size.

• 8 x 10 in, 4:5 shape, 2,400 x 3,000 pixels.
• 11 x 14 in, 11:14 shape, 3,307 x 4,192 pixels.
• 12 x 16 in, 3:4 shape, 3,600 x 4,800 pixels.
• 16 x 20 in, 4:5 shape, 4,800 x 6,000 pixels.
• 18 x 24 in, 3:4 shape, 5,400 x 7,200 pixels.
• 24 x 36 in, 2:3 shape, 7,200 x 10,800 pixels.

A file whose shape differs from the chosen size will not fill the print the way you expect. Crop it to the shape of the size before upload. If your artwork is a different shape entirely, choose the nearest size and crop to that shape.

You can order 1 to 10 copies of the same file at one size and paper. The price per print drops as the copies go up, and the page shows it for every size, paper and copy count, so the rate is in front of you before you add the print to the cart.

These copies can be your own stock, gifts, or prints for artists selling their work at art fairs, craft fairs, markets and online. We print and ship the copies to you.

If you are unsure about a larger run, start with an 8 x 10 in on the paper you are considering, then order the size you plan to sell.

• Choose the paper, the size and the number of copies.
• Add the print to the cart.
• Upload your file in the Upload Artwork step, which accepts image files, pdf documents and zip or rar archives, capped at 100 MB.
• Your file gets a resolution check before it is printed.
• A free Digital Proofing Stage comes with the order and allows up to 2 revisions.
• We print your artwork in the US and ship the finished print to you.

Save the file at 300 dpi at the print size, using a JPG, PNG, TIFF or PDF export if your workflow allows. Crop the file to the shape of the chosen size, because the print follows the file edge to edge. Keep important detail away from the very edge.

If you want a white border or margin, put it into the file itself. For a flat original, scan it on a flatbed scanner. For work that will not lie on glass, photograph it square-on in even daylight with no glare, then crop to the edge of the artwork. What sits inside that crop is what reaches the paper.

Art reproduction printing turns your own originals into copies you can sell. A common request is simple: print my art for art fairs, craft fairs or markets.

The steps are the same as any other order. Upload a scan or a digital file, choose a paper, and order the copies you need at one size. People use this for paintings, drawings, watercolor, illustration and digital art.

If you are after archival prints, our print partner prints with pigment-based archival inks. Order one copy first, then use the page to build a larger run of the same image.

Photographers often reach for fine art paper when a photograph needs to sit on a wall rather than in a feed. The Archival matte base is smooth and natural white, which suits crisp detail and a controlled tonal range. The Textured etching base has a soft, velvety surface that can make shadows and painterly areas feel more tactile.

Both need a file at 300 dpi at the chosen size. A screen shows color with light, while paper reflects it, so deep shadows and saturated tones may look a little different in print. Start at 8 x 10 in if you want to see the surface before a larger order.

Custom Art Prints gives you art printing inside the United States. Your file is printed in the United States at the lab run by our print partner, then shipped within the US, so a US order does not travel from overseas.

8 x 10 in orders go out flat. Sizes from 11 x 14 in and larger travel rolled inside a tube. Every order is unframed, and shipping is the only way to receive one. That is the whole art print service: your file printed on fine art paper and sent to the address you give us.

Giclée printing is fine art inkjet reproduction. A large-format machine lays down fine droplets of ink on fine art paper, which is how artists reproduce paintings, drawings and digital art as prints.

A standard poster is printed on lighter poster paper. A giclée print uses a heavier fine art paper, and our print partner prints with pigment-based archival inks. Heavier stock and the inks from our print partner are what separate a giclée print from a standard poster.

• This page: your file printed on fine art paper, unframed.
• Custom Framed Prints: custom framed prints for your file printed and framed.
• Custom Canvas Prints: custom canvas prints for your file on stretched canvas.
• Ready-made art to buy in our wall art range.

Pick the format that suits where the print is going, then settle on the paper and the size.

Handle prints by the edges with clean dry hands, so the surface stays free of fingerprints and the corners stay sharp. Let a rolled print relax flat on a clean table before framing, and the paper will settle on its own.

Frame the finished piece behind glass or acrylic to keep dust and marks off the surface. Until it is framed, store it flat and dry, well out of direct sunlight.

Every file gets a resolution check before it prints. A free Digital Proofing Stage is also included, with up to 2 revisions, so you can look over the layout and the crop ahead of the print run.

If the result is not right, our Print Promise means love it or we reprint it free. A file saved at the pixel size for your chosen print will hold detail better than one enlarged to fit.