Recommended places for pigment / giclee prints?

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I'm thinking of having some nice quality prints made of some of my photos. As most of my stuff is shot on film (albeit scanned to digital files), I want them to have the look of the film prints see in exhibitions. The last time I had any prints made, it was at Peak Imaging (RIP) so I'd be interested to hear any recommendations of good places to try please.

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Point 101, Printspace, Loxley - but don't most labs do pigment inkjets these days (alongside C-types)?
 
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Papers range from heavily-textured matt to smooth gloss - you can get a printed sample pack from many labs. Soft proofing may well be advisable to get the tones right on any chosen paper, using the downloadable profiles ...
 
you want to deal only with people that understand ICC profiles and don't require point blank sRGB submission as some paltry JPEGs. 16bit adobe or proRGB TIFFs and now we are talking and looking at decent colours as they should be.

I print my own, saves a lot of headaches.
 
If this is more than a one-off (ie something that you might do from time to time), I'd be inclined to send a scan for a test print to a few of the usual suspects that you'll see recommended in many threads on here.
FishyFish said:
... I'll put my hand up and confess my ignorance of all things printing. :)
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Have you done any home printing? I certainly struggle with printing, but trying (and generally failing) to get acceptable black and white prints from a totally inadequate printer has at least introduced me to some of the language, and even to getting ICC profiles done for a couple of Fotospeed and Permajet papers. I'm thinking now of getting a slightly better printer, an Epson ET-8500 (I'd like the A3 ET-8550, but there's not really the space)

Home printing is clearly a challenge, and probably not cost effective versus a good lab... except I've worried that the learning phase with a lab could be really expensive... one and done is fine, but having multiple passes to get shadows and colours right, and trying different papers, seems like it could get expensive very quickly?
 
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If this is more than a one-off (ie something that you might do from time to time), I'd be inclined to send a scan for a test print to a few of the usual suspects that you'll see recommended in many threads on here.

Have you done any home printing? I certainly struggle with printing, but trying (and generally failing) to get acceptable black and white prints from a totally inadequate printer has at least introduced me to some of the language, and even to getting ICC profiles done for a couple of Fotospeed and Permajet papers. I'm thinking now of getting a slightly better printer, an Epson ET-8500 (I'd like the A3 ET-8550, but there's not really the space)

Home printing is clearly a challenge, and probably not cost effective versus a good lab... except I've worried that the learning phase with a lab could be really expensive... one and done is fine, but having multiple passes to get shadows and colours right, and trying different papers, seems like it could get expensive very quickly?
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Nope, no home printing. I doubt my office printer would be up to much, for photo prints at least. For the quantity of prints I'm likely to make, buying a printer would be overkill at this stage.
 
I have had both prints & canvases from @Tradecanvasprint

Why don't you request their sample pack to see what they have to offer ?
 
The term giclée is a synonym for inkjet much used in the art world by those wanting to sound posh. Inkjet is more widely understood & lacks any connotation of affectedness.

Box Brownie said:
I have had both prints & canvases from @Tradecanvasprint

Why don't you request their sample pack to see what they have to offer ?
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Their range of papers might not be the best.

For mono work, you can get LightJet (or similar) prints from digital files onto wet process photo paper through Harman (recommended):
harmanlab.com

Digital Silver Gelatine Black and White Prints

Professional Quality, Silver Halide, Resin Coated, Black and White Prints As close as you can get to a darkroom print from a digital file.
harmanlab.com harmanlab.com
 
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