Pigment Printing
Pigment printing, formerly called giclée, is a digital inkjet process using water-soluble, mineral-based pigments on cotton and fiber-based papers. The extraordinary stability of pigment inks has made this the archival standard for museum and gallery print production. What separates a good pigment print from a great one is calibration. Weldon profiles every paper on a Barbieri spectrophotometer, and our custom ICC profiles translate each file to print with exacting precision.
Inkjet printers are widely available, but profiles like ours are not.
All final prints at 16×20” or larger come with a complementary 8×10” proof. Additional prints of individual images are billed at a 50% discount.
Our Printers
Weldon prints on a Canon imagePROGRAF GP-4000 and an Epson SureColor P20000. Each paper is custom ICC profiled for each printer. With its 10-color ink set plus a fluorescent pink cartridge, the 44-inch Canon offers our widest color gamut, while the 64in P20000 is our choice for larger format work at comparable quality.
Our Papers
We carry about 20 papers, mostly split between Hahnemühle and Canson products. We avoid papers with optical brighteners, alpha cellulose, and poor surface durability, though we do make some exceptions. We can source and profile any paper a project requires.
Hahnemühle Photo GlossyEpson Premium LusterHahnemühle Museum EtchingMoab Slickrock Metallic PearlHahnemühle Photo Rag MetallicHahnemühle Photo Rag Matte BarytaCanson Baryta Photographique Matte IIEpson Enhanced MatteHahnemühle Cézanne CanvasCanson Platine Fibre RagHahnemühle Photo Rag BarytaHahnemühle Photo Rag PearlCanson Rag PhotographiqueArches 88Arches AquarelleCanson SomersetArches BFK Rives Pure WhiteArches BFK Rives White