Description
Specialized Printing of Archival Pigment Photographs, Screen Print Film Positives and Artist Prints.
Whether you’re a photographer, a painter, a screen printer or even a set designer, as an artist today you need fine quality and craftsmanship to take your work to the next level. We specialize in collaborating with artists, like you, to produce collectable Museum Quality Fine Art Prints.
Proofing Session
Our proofing service is available to all of our clients and we strongly recommend our first time clients schedule a session when placing an order. We offer this service to ensure the quality and calibration of your prints matches or exceeds your expectations. During your proofing session we’ll work together to find the right combination of edit and settings to produce your work. If you’re a film photographer, these sessions act as an equivalent to the steps you’ve often made in the darkroom to find the right exposure and developer times. Once we’ve determined what your work needs we can run editions at any time and the quality will always be the same.
Proofing Session Rate: Please see the Prices Tab above.
Archival Pigment or Gicleé Printing?
The term Gicleé was coined in the 1990’s as a means to describe the emerging form of fine-art printing using InkJet printer technology. At the time, these printers utilized dye-based inks that were prone to early fading and washing out when exposed to humidity and moisture. With the introduction of better technology in recent years, the term gicleé has fallen out of favor by most artists and collectors. However, it is still commonly used to refer to older prints and those made on equipment utilizing dye-based inks.
Jason Houge Studios uses the latest technology and pigment-based inks formulated for long-term archivability and enjoyment. The contemporary term most commonly used to describe a prints made with pigment inks is now “Archival Pigment Print.” These contemporary prints, are lightfast, will not wash out in water and have the added benefits of increased vibrancy and extreme color accuracy. For graphic artists and designers: our prints boast 99% Pantone color accuracy on most papers.
Printers
We use Epson Commercial Printers paired with UltraChrome HD pigment inks.
Certified Printer
We are a certified printer by Moab Paper.
Steve & Mary Ann Schmidt
