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Terms You Should Know
Print-On-Demand
The days when fine art prints came in only one or two sizes are (almost) gone! Now practically all of self-published titles can be sized to order.
Iris or Giclée
A computerized reproduction technique in which the image and topography are generated from a digital file and printed by a special ink jet printer, using ink, acrylic or oil paints. Giclée printing offers one of the highest degree of accuracy and richness of color available in any reproduction techniques.
Lithography
A Printing technique using a planographic process in which prints are pulled on a special press from a flat stone or metal surface that has been chemically sensitized so that ink sticks only to the design areas and is repelled by the non-image areas. Lithography was invented in 1798 in Germany by Alois Senefelder.
Offset Lithography
A special photo-mechanical technique in which the image to be printed is transferred to the negative plates and printed onto paper. Offset lithography is very well adapted to color printing.
Serigraphy (Silk-screen)
A printing technique that makes use of a squeegee to force ink directly onto a piece of paper or canvas through a stencil creating an image on a screen of silk or other fine fabric with an impermeable substance. Serigraphy differs from most other printing in that its color areas are paint films rather than printing ink stains.
Limited Edition
A limited number of identical prints numbered in succession and signed and supervised by the artist. Any additional prints have been destroyed.
Open Edition
A series of prints or objects in an art edition that has an unlimited number of copies.
Original Print
One-of-a-kind print in which the artist personally conceived the image, created the master plates and executed the entire printing process.
Remarque
Additional enhancements by the artist on some or all of the final prints within an edition.
Artist's Proof (AP)
Prints intended for the artist's personal use. It is common practice to reserve approximately ten percent of an edition as artist's proofs, although this figure can be higher. The artist's proof is sometimes referred to by its French épreuve d'artist (abbreviation E.A.). Artist's proofs can be distinguished by the abbreviation AP or E.A., commonly on the lower left of the work.
Printer's Proof (PP)
Print retained by the printer as a reference. Artists often sign these prints as a gesture of appreciation.
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