There are two different kinds of prints represented here – offset lithography and giclèe. Offset lithography is the kind of print most people are familiar with; it is reproduced as a dot pattern, with each color being printed separately on a large press. “Euclid” and “Parkview” are printed that way; they were done for me at Reid & Witting here in Pittsburgh. The other prints you see here are a newer process called giclèe, which means “spray of ink” in French. There is no dot pattern here, and all colors of ink are sprayed on the paper at one time, by a press contolled by a computer. The giclèe prints were done at Tri-State Reprographics, also in Pittsburgh.

Offset lithography produces a lower unit cost, but denotes having many prints done at one time…”Euclid” and “Parkview” are a limited edition of 500. The giclee prints can be done a few at a time; Tri-State Repro will archive the scan, so more prints can be ordered with a few days notice, and a corner of the studio is NOT taken up by stored prints. However, the unit cost per print is higher.

It’s nice to have both. Feel free to contact me with any other questions about printing; I don’t wish to bore those of you who aren’t nerds with technical stuff.

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