I know that selling prints can be a quick way to sell your art cheaply and to fans who are not ready to outlay larger amounts of money for your original works. Artists like to get noticed and get their art into the hands of budget conscious collectors by selling mini prints. When making and selling mini prints, the cost to produce these can be a major factor.
More traditional and effective print services aimed at artists can be quite expensive, that is whey many artists starting out with DIY do-it-yourself Prints go to Staples. So you do a little research and find that office prints not photo prints , on high quality grade paper can be made for as little as 15 cents a copy.
When you do the math, you see that means a lot of gross profit for each print sold. It is literally like printing money! When I started making prints using office prints, I made copies of each of the 10 drawings I had listed for sale.
I should have made one copy as when I looked at what had been printed I was a little ashamed. It was not the quality of art print that what I would want to buy as an art collector.
I should have used a heavier paper such as 67 pound or gsm paper as a minimum. This would have made the prints feel like a print and not a copied piece of paper. I listed them on eBay for a bargain price and sold most of them and used the money to buy a high quality inkjet printer.
What I purchased was an Epson printer. Epson makes a line of printers that are economical and use inks that last decades, not months. When I started doing more research into art gallery quality prints and the technology used, Epson was one of the brands that kept popping up. Granted it was for Giclee printing as well as inkjet printers for art prints.
I found that producing my own prints using a slightly more expensive printer and good quality paper, it was actually quite cost effective, until I ran out of inkjet ink. I was back at my local outlet to buy refills and was aghast at how much refills cost — almost as much as an actual entry level printer! So what are the alternatives to making art prints at Staples? What are the best options to making high-quality Art prints that are also cost effective?
Many artists Have asked if there is a web service we can use or is it best to work with a local printer? Depending where you live I would first recommend finding a reputable local print house so you are able to quickly look at the proofs and make the adjustments needed on the spot.
I actually found out that my local picture framer who has his shop two streets away, owns a Giclee printer and can print off a few high quality prints for me, but the trade off is the cost. That is when I started to look at either buying my own Giclee printer nope! If you do go with the Giclee option, my suggestion would be to pay for a large run of prints to be made as it gets cheaper to print the more you order.
Therefore work out a plan to have as many Giclee prints made that you can afford. As they are Giclee prints high quality museum grade prints , you can ask for a little more money for each. You can hang your custom prints as living room wall art, bedroom decor , or in a showstopping gallery wall in your home.
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