Previews of FLAAR Report Series on Evaluations of Printers
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1. New May 2003 4 FL A A R Re D or ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview 8 I What Camera to Use to Photograph Paintings Maps Drawings Posters So you can print this art as Giclee Part Il Zoom Lens and 35mm SLR ll Medium Format Quality Leaf Imacon Hasselblad Jenoptik Sinar and Phase One lli Large Format Quality BetterLight Anagram Kigamo and Phase One IV Repro Stands and Copy Stands to Photograph Paintings Historical Maps Drawings Posters So you can print this art as Giclee V How to Photograph a Painting using the Zig Align System Updated January 2005 Vi Can you use Wide Format Scanners To Digitize Paintings for Giclee Vil Cruse Camera Scanner to Create Giclee Discussion of the Cruse Scanner Digital Camera System This is the FLAAR update and revision of the operator s manual for this top of the line reprographic system for fine art paintings in the FLAAR facilities at Bowling Green State University The Cruse system is the Rolls Royce for digitizing your fine art paintings in order to reproduce them subsequently as a giclee print This camera is designed and built as you would expect for a German engineering company Cruse GmbH Vill Scanners what scanners are best for digitizing your paintings or artwork so you can print them Comparison between drum scanners vs flatbed scanners If your budget covers only a megapixel point and shoot camera this report is not for you If you want a cheap scan ner for2. Updated January 2005 If you need to prepare a business plan for your new gicl e enterprise the reports by Professor Nicholas Hellmuth have done much of the homework for you As one reader told us Your FLAAR material saved me hours actually probably days of trying to find stuff on the web Besides FLAAR packages it all neatly together and its based on actual usage of the printers being described FLAAR prints for the art faculty and students in the art department adjacent to our 6 000 square foot facility at a large state university It would seem that we have a bit of experience with all this So now you know 4 4 FL A AR Repor ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview where we obtain the documentation for our infamous pithy discussion of the pathetic hype that manufactur ers try to bamboozle you with We report from our personal experience as well as from visiting other fine art gicl e printing studios If you would like documentation for your business plan on how to get the printer and equipment to digitize the paintings all organized then it s worth investing about 120 in obtaining the FLAAR Report Series on how to equip your studio to produce fine art gicl e If you intend to do serious fine art gicl e printing either commercially or as a second business hobby busi ness retirement business or if you wish to consider adding fine art giclee to your photo studio your sign shop or any facility which has a wide format printer her
3. and instead focus on what printer over the long haul is optimal for producing exhibit quality prints After all we print for the art department on campus Curious doesn t the art department have their own printer Yes they do but why does virtually no one use it Why do the art professors and art students walk over to the FLAAR facility to use our printers when they have two of their own in their own building Well well look what printhead technology the art department has look at its other unfortunate traits its rather pokey not a speed demon In other words art faculty and students have abandoned the printer in their building and come over to the College of Technology in the FLAAR facility and print their fine art Wonder what printers the Technology Lab manager has found to be better than the printer already in the art department The complete story is relayed in the FLAAR Report SERIES on fine art giclee printers We review the printer the art department made the mistake of buying the year before the Large Format Digital Imaging Division moved onto campus a FL A AR Reports Fine Art Giclee Preview 2 Our experience comes from multiple sources e site visit case studies of successful giclee ateliers e site visit case studies of successful fine art photographers e training at printer manufacturer world headquarters e training at RIP software company headquarters e annual attendance at ArtExpo trade shows e annual attend
4. consideration benefits as well as deficiencies is to obtain these reports directly from FLAAR via www wide format printers NET Copyright 2007 FLAAR 4 FL A AR Repor ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview Previews of FLAAR Report Series on Evaluations of Printers amp Workflow for Fine Art Gicl e e Which printers besides the overly costly Iris printer can use to do giclee e How much money will it cost to set up and equip a Gicl e printing studio e If already have a print shop how can add fine art prints to what offer my clients Can use printers already have or do have to buy a special giclee printer e Can learn how to print fine art and giclee at home as a retirement business or as a second business or hobby These questions are what bring people to order the FLAAR Series on fine art giclee and d cor inkjet printing Twenty six printers have been unpacked in our studios One has congenital problem of air in the ink tubes The other guzzles ink has propensity to banding and prefers expensive paper As a result of this actual experience we are able to assist newcomers so that you don t have to repeat the same mistakes we made when we first asked for specific brands assuming they would actually be as good as their ads claimed Precisely because we can have essentially any printer we need is exactly why we can select the best printer for the job We just ignore the humorous hype and faulty printhead technologies
5. 6 FLAAR Reports March 2007 Previews of FLAAR Report Series on Evaluations of Printers amp Workflow for Fine Art Gicl e Nicholas Hellmuth 4 r I A A R Re D 5 ris Fine Art Gicl e Preview Actual Factual Information directly from end users 3 Please Note Let s look at the Fine Art Gicl e SERIES 4 This report has not been licensed to any printer manufacturer distributor dealer Series 1 How to Succeed in Giclee as a Business 4 sales rep RIP company media or ink company to distribute So if you ob tained this from any company you Series 2 Giclee Workflow 6 have a pirated copy Series 3 What Equipment to Use T Also since this report is frequently updated if you got your version from somewhere else it may be an obsolete Series 4 Reviews of Individual Printers 9 edition FLAAR reports are being up dated all year long and our comment How to get a Bonus Report free 12 on that product may have been revised 3 P positively or negatively as we learned more about the product form end us Titles of additional free Bonus Reports 13 ers To obtain a legitimate copy which you know is the complete report with noth ing erased or changed and hence a report with all the original description of pros and cons please obtain your original and full report straight from www FLAAR org Your only assurance that you have a complete and authentic evaluation which describes all aspects of the prod uct under
6. ance at photo trade shows with fine art photography exhibits e attendance at every Photokina event in Germany since 1998 4 F L A A R Re D or ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview But can you afford to make a mistake and buy the wrong printer When we get the wrong printer we can park it in the corner and warn people about it We don t go out of business because we can switch to a bet ter printer Yet we have horror stories from other print shops which have either been forced out of business or otherwise failed due to a bad choice So if you have only one printer and that is what will make or break your printing enterprise you may need all the help and tips that are available to assist you Everything we have learned so far about selecting fine art giclee printers is included in our updated and expanded series now available from www wide format printers NET The FLAAR Giclee Series by Nicholas Hellmuth is appropriate for e Photo labs have a head start with giclee since fine art photography is by itself a first step to wards giclee Adding or expanding into giclee is a natural move e Art galleries have the advantage of a ready market and comprehensive knowledge of the overall art scene e Individual artists who prefer to sell giclees rather than scarce originals e Relatives or friends of individual artists represent a significant number of people entering the giclee printing services e Sign shops and commercial printers who have heard about
7. e is the written documentation with tips help and practical information to get you started The financials stats figures estimates are not what you need as your first step because financials will depend on your location country and part of that country So we concentrate instead on the universal aspects that impinge on setting up a giclee business in any country Although it is preferable for you to work out your own personal business plan we can indeed suggest some basic facts of life e We describe the physical facilities you will need What kind of staff will you need or all the chores you need to learn about if you do everything yourself e What kind of equipment will you need e What about software e And don t forget all the little things that no one else warns you about What kinds of things can you print in order to generate income and profit Inkjet Printing for Creatives Designers amp Artists For all levels beginners intermediate pros and enthusiasts This concise FLAAR Report suggests a diverse range of art that can be reproduced as lots more than just giclee In other words the same painting can be sold in more formats than simply a giclee print New January 2004 Currently being updated for July 2006 Giclee Site Visit Case Study Being updated July 2006 Gickee Sae Vesit Case Study This is a photo essay of a site visit case study of the most successful new giclee studio in California How are th
8. e needs which make and model does he use for his own museum exhibit prints And the one key to all of this there is more to quality than the dpi count You can have the highest dpi count in the world and fail as a gicl e printer You can have a modest dpi count and potentially succeed It s a system your printer is only one cog in the wheel If you get the perfect printer but fail to comprehend what else you need then your beautiful printer will reproduce bad art beautifully If your original image has errors in it the better the printer the more glaring the mistakes in scanning will be reproduced Remember a printer manufacturer wants to sell you a printer ink and media If you are considering any Epson Encad ColorSpan HP Mimaki Mutoh or Roland printer do yourself a favor and order this series of reports to learn the truth behind the ceaseless and senseless hype that appears in ads press releases and pseudo reviews amp FLAAR Reports amp FLAAR Reports Epson Stylus Pro 4800 Site Visit Case Study New July 2006 BERON AOU Epson 7800 Photo Essay and Preview Phoia Essay Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Review io i D New being issued July 2006 om i Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Site Visit Case Study New July 2006 Epton Styltts Pro reou wih Ultra forme ink evaluation amp This is one of the few totally independent reviews on an Epson printer that exists If you Review wish to learn the truth about this print
9. er based on actual use printing photographs and giclee do yourself a favor and get a hold of this new report by Stephanie Madeya Bowl ing Green State University and Nicholas Hellmuth FLAAR at BGSU Evaluation amp Review of the Epson Stylus Pro 7600 with UltraChrome Ink August 2003 a new evaluation of the Epson 7800 is being finished now Epson 4000 Two Epson 4000 printers arrived at BGSU recently one for the FLAAR evaluation lab the other for the College of Technology as a proofing device Does this mean this is the perfect printer What about the HP 130 and the newer HP printer with 9 colors And how does the Epson 4000 compare with the Epson 7600 and Epson 2200 The current first edition discusses the arrival of the two Epson printers If you need more help on other topics there are additional SERIES on RIP software and the most popular series on Survival how to survive all the hype and nonsense in the ad claims and at trade shows All SERIES are described in full detail on www wide format printers NET 4 an A A R Re D O rT S Fine Art Gicl e Preview 12 How to Turn a Painting into a Giclee print one price for all together e scanning e Creo scanner e then a new 6 part series which will include the BetterLight Cruse medium format 35mm and other mostly new reports Any two series special discount if bought together All three series the full Giclee Set special price to our readers is less than the l
10. ey successful What equipment did they select hint the consulted with FLAAR before they bought their first printer This company is doing so well that they are expanding already So here is a good op portunity to learn from a proven success 4 FL A A R Re D or ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview 6 Three Opportunities in the Giclee and D cor Market for wide format inkjet printing How to distingush Giclee from D cor How to distinguish Fine Art Photography from Giclee How to Distinguish Fine Art Photography from Commercial Photography Updated January 2006 updated again July 2006 Increasing Opportunities for Giclee D cor Fine Art amp Commercial Photography With Inkjet Printers New January 2005 updated January 2006 FLAAR Fast Facts This handy publication itemizes all the ways you can produce income with giclee fine art and d cor What does it Take to Start from Scratch a fully professional and profitable Gi clee Atelier New July 2006 We use an example of a new start up they now have a successful and prosperous giclee studio You can learn from their success Based on a site visit case study Nicholas Hellmuth has visited the family that started this business one year before they started while they were still in the planning stage and then one year after they got going Nicholas Hellmuth Giclee Series 2 Giclee Workflow Essential knowledge Learning the absolute basics Workflow for Fine Art Giclee Pr
11. home use this report is not for you either But if you seriously wish to produce handsome giclee prints and don t want to waste money with a scanner that is overly costly our scanner reports provide guidance 4 F L A A R Re D or ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview After all we have to be frugal sometimes also To digitize your paintings to scan them or to photograph them you can spend 2 000 22 000 48 000 or 80 000 So it s probably worth the price of this FLAAR Report SERIES so you can understand your options If you are starting a home based or retirement gicl e print business there are more economical ways than a Cruse the Cruse is for museums commercial fine art studios and major art galleries FLAAR has both systems a Cruse at one university and a modest economy giclee photo system at our other university So we can explain both ends of the spectrum We welcome inquiries from individuals pro sumers professional prepress as well as artists professors museum curators and photographers from every level beginning intermediate full professional commer cial level After all FLAAR is an educational institute FLAAR Giclee Report SERIES 4 Reviews of Individual Printers lris Gprint a penetrating report kindly sent by an experienced user on the fabled Iris 3047 gicl e printer This printer costs over 100 000 new It is crucial that information is available so you don t waste 100 000 on a printer that has known defec
12. ing a giclee does not mean you have a sellable giclee you must finish the print including top coating clear coating And many giclee prints then have the artist or an assistant daub paint on top of the print to add further texture Media for fine art gicl e and photo realistic museum quality printing with some sources for inks as well as the media This report discusses canvas watercolor paper photo base paper and other media for i reproducing giclee prints and photo realistic fine art quality A key part of your workflow is knowing what ink and media to select Nicholas Hellmuth Giclee Series 3 What Equipment to Use Photography or Scan Paintings Maps Drawings Posters So you can print this art as Giclee Options for Photographing Paintings to reproduce as Giclee Prints How to Digitize Works of Art that are too large for a Flatbed Scanner scanner vs digital camera on a repro stand If you intend to undertake giclee printing for either fun or profit you need to figure out how fo digitize the oil paintings or water color paintings Dr Hellmuth spent a month doing this with 18th century oil paintings on canvas at the Malta Centre for Resto ration University of Malta This report is the result of the work of his team Also includes appendix based on the work of the FLAAR staff at Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala who also do giclee printing which implies they also have to pho tograph the paintings to begin with
13. inting from scanning the painting through finishing the wide format print Updated July 2006 This veritable textbook describes the step by step process of how to achieve a museum quality gicl e print or an award winning photo print Nicholas Hellmuth combines his experience with scanners and digital photography of paintings with his knowledge of fine art printing to produce a helpful primer on gicl e printing workflow Selecting Which Equipment Hardware amp Software is advisable for Professional Production of Giclee How can you serious consider starting a giclee printing service even if just for yourself unless you realize ALL the hardware and software that you will need In other words you need a lot more than just a printer LAAR Reports Howto Stata Profaagional and Profdakis Gitke Business 4 FL A A R Re D or ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview 7 This comprehensive report written by Professor Hellmuth as part of a Learning Unit for his upcoming new course workshop on giclee gives you an advance copy of the new educational material from FLAAR at BGSU This report on equipment is a crucial portion of the overall Giclee Workflow Series New July 2006 What you can still do to a Giclee Print after you have finished printing them Clear coating Liquid laminating and Painting on top of an inkjet print Liquid lamination of inkjet canvas is a crucial part of the giclee workflow that is usually forgotten Merely print
14. ist price if the full set of three series is bought at the same time The actual prices are on the e commerce site www wide format printers net If for any reason there is not a special button for the discount price for ordering all three together we will refund you the difference In other words just order the three separate portions of the Giclee Set and once your order arrives our fulfillment department will send the refund that represents the discount The discount tends to be more than 10 If you order any Series you get one Bonus Report free You get one free Bonus Report for each Series The Giclee Bonus Report is Glossary of jargon and other confusing terms related to Fine Art Giclee Wide Format Inkjet Printing Updated July 2006 Readers asked for a glossary so they could more easily understand the jargon of gicl e printing and printers So Professor Hellmuth prepared a customized glossary for the introductory through intermediate level A glossary is the kind of helpful infor mation you expect from a university professor If you order four or more Series you can get to consult directly with Dr Hellmuth by telephone There is no fee to speak with or directly e mail Prof Hellmuth after you po have four or more series The entire Giclee Set consists of four Giclee Series So if you buy the entire set then FLAAR will provide you with Nicholas s telephone number and suggested times he is available You can fax or e
15. mail your questions in advance if you wish You then get 30 minutes consultation via telephone at free Or you can visit in person for an hour in Ohio or when Dr Hellmuth is at the other university in Guatemala If you wish additional hours you can pre pay at the rate of 300 per hour for consulting You get one Bonus Report for every series you purchase You can also select either of the following Bonus Reports if you order the requisite number of series Fine Art Gicl e Previe 13 A FLAAR Reports a Titles of additional free Bonus Reports GICLEE V5 DECOR V5 FINE ART PHOTO PRINTING Giclee vs Decor vs Fine Art Photo Printing A rather thorough article by Nicholas Hellmuth in the leading giclee art d cor magazine describing the reality of giclee compared with d cor production with comments on how printing fine art photography fits into the business of giclee Summer 2006 Determining Input Needs Large Format Printing This is a comprehensive discus sion of how many pixels and what dpi each class of wide format printer actually needs This is a PDF version of a published magazine article by Nicholas Hellmuth Large Format reritinig Large Format Printing Everything your Inkjet Printer can do This is a PDF version asi ijeta i mpr Pers of an article by Nicholas Hellmuth published in a magazine i Large Formal Printing Frervthing HETTE mkiri Panter Can Dh Most recently updated March 2007 Previously updated Decembe
16. ns which turn out to be wrong The slick ads may be too alluring But we can do our best to warn you of the tricks of the trade We can relate our own mistakes and errors other fine art giclee people have informed us about Also your situation may be different than ours What works for us may not be ideal for you But at least we reveal the pros and cons of each option Large format printers for professional fine art giclee printing for artists both home hobby and commercial studios Updated January 2005 Fully updated July 2006 This report covers 36 and wider including 44 though 72 Comparative discussions comparing Iris Mimaki Epson Mutoh ColorSpan Roland HP and explains why Encad is not in this league FLAAR has two ColorSpan printers a Mimaki JV4 several Epson printers five HP DesignJets including two HP 5000 one at each university a new 24 Canon image PROGRAF 7250 Canon 8200 and an Iris 3047 gicl e printer Ixia version Every day we print for the art department faculty and for the art students Every day gi cl e print shop owners from across the USA write us to explain what they are doing what their problems are and what kinds of help they seek So every few months we update our FLAAR Reports on giclee with new documentation 4 FL A AR Reports Fine Art Giclee Preview 11 Nicholas Hellmuth has two different exhibits of his inkjet prints currently traveling Since he has access to any printer h
17. pson 5500 HP 30 HP 130 and the HP 20ps and we pick up lots of details on other printers of comparable size We have test driven the Epson 4000 and inspected the R800 too 4 FL A AR Reports Fine Art Giclee Preview 10 24 printers for fine art giclee and photo realistic quality Updated January 2005 Being updated for July 2006 Discusses Epson 7000 Epson 7500 7600 HP DesignJet 130 and all other 24 printers from Hewlett Packard Encad we are adding info on the new 24 pigmented ink printer from Canon We constantly get questions asking about the 24 HP DesignJet 500 Do not buy this or the Epson 7600 until you read Nicholas s pithy analysis of the pros and cons of each model Every day someone comes to us hoping they can produce fine art gicl e on a particular model We have that model and its sister model is in the building next to us on the univer sity campus both are great for certain tasks but these do not include fine art giclee at all It is sad all the people who bought this printer presuming it would function for art re production only to learn that fine art gicl e is not possible at all So this report is intended to save you from possibly buying the wrong printer Every week we get e mails from people who spent 2 500 to 4 500 for a printer down the drain If they had purchased the FLAAR Report SERIES they might have avoided buying the wrong printer No we can t keep you from making hasty decisio
18. r 2002 updated August 24 2003 updated September 18 2003 June 16 2004 January 2005 January 2006 July 2006 Licensing Information If you wish to distribute this report to other people within your company please obtain a site licensing agreement for multiple copies from FLAAR by contacting Alexia Crooks frontdesk flaar org Substantial discounts are available for licensing to dis tribute within your company The advantage of a license is that you can opt for automatic updates You may have noticed that FLAAR reports tend to be updated as additional information becomes available In some instances a license would be available to distribute outside your company including in other languages To distribute this report without license violates federal copyright law To avoid such violations for you and your company you can easily obtain additional copies from www wide format printers net
19. s printer is more costly than a toilet If you would like to be forewarned about this type of problem we have two series for you the fine art gicl e series and the aptly named Survival Series Let s look at the Fine Art Gicl e SERIES Details on Using A single set of ink for the cheapest gicl e printer will cost you a 420 7 inks x 60 Actually you will probably pay closer to 490 Ink and Medra Yet for less than one set of ink you can get a complete series of ie FLAAR reports Ce Photographing For 2007 we have divided the complete set of Giclee publications by E Nicholas Hellmuth into four Giclee Series pron Stylus Pro 7600 with UltiraChrome Ink e Giclee Series 1 How to get started how to succeed Evaluation amp how to profit REVIEW e Giclee Series 2 Learning the best Giclee Workflow Essential knowledge e Giclee Series 3 How to turn your painting into a Giclee e Giclee Series 4 Reviews of Individual Printers some aspects are timeless digitizing a painting today is the same as digitizing a painting in 2005 Series 1 How to Succeed in Giclee as a Business How Much Profit Can You Make Printing Giclee How Much should you Charge the Client First issued July 2006 It helps to Know what the market will bear before you invest in starting a giclee printing business Help and Tips for setting up a wide format gicl e printing service Information you need as background for preparing a Business Plan
20. the giclee phenomenon and wish to cash in e Entrepreneurs who for whatever reason like the idea and want to take part These individuals often come from completely different backgrounds When I began eight years ago with an Encad NovaJet Pro 36 300 dpi was tops in that year I started at newbie level crossed my fingers and pressed the print button So we all start as begin ners We should take pride in being beginners and look forward to advancing Actual Factual Information directly from end users Here is an actual note from an end user a photographer He has strug gled with his printer for months His problems are not entirely his fault the particular printer brand he has is legendary for these problems We get repeated complaints from end users on precisely the same brand year after year 3 4 F L A A R Re D or ts Fine Art Gicl e Preview A more immediate problem for me is that for the last 4 months or so I have only about a 50 50 chance that the printer will make it all the way through a full print without the yel low heads failing entirely And of course the heads normally fail after getting from 60 to 90 of the way through the print so the waste of time ink and media is significant The only solution is to do what the manufacturer refers to as a powerful head flush using according to the manufacturer s service manual about 50 worth of ink So that is 50 per flush Seems like thi
21. ts Of course the key question is Can print gicl e quality without an Iris Nicholas Hellmuth is a pertinent person to answer this question since his PhD is in art history Plus he has held three appointments at Yale University s Dept of History of Art Our entire FLAAR Report SERIES is dedicated to reveal to you all the budget printers that cost less than an Iris and are easier to use You can produce professional giclee prints with a new technology printer for under 4 000 We list printers for under 3 000 too For photo studios and giclee ateliers we review production oriented printers in the 8 000 to 14 000 range If letter size is all you need we can explain how a printer below 700 will get you started in giclee printing at quality worthy of award winning museum exhibit prints Now you see why the FLAAR Report SERIES is so popular You get practical tips with which you can create a realistic business plan You do not need a 100 000 Iris printer to get started in giclee or d cor or fine art photography Printers for 11x17 and 13x19 inches Epson 4000 2200 5500 and HP 20ps 30n FLAAR Fast Facts Updated June 2004 Being updated for July 2006 We realize that many people wish to start off with a budget printer at desktop size and work their way up However some desktop printers despite massive advertising are inappropriate We know since FLAAR does all the printing for the art department We have the Epson 2200 E
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