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Interesting points. I may eventually try a professional printer to make a series of limited edition signed prints but for now home printing on art papers produces a nice enough job. I don't have large prints and this way I don't need to keep inventory. Someone wants a print, I print it. And I charge what I think is a reasonable amount, well more than $10 for an 8x10! Thanks, Lore On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Linda Feltner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My prints are usually larger, and sometimes much larger than a 17" > printer. If I printed a large amount of smaller prints for sale, then I'd > consider doing it myself, but I'm not totally convinced. There is a lot of > time involved in color and equipment management. But for a small print, > sometimes the professional printer can be more expensive per square inch. > However, my professional printer certainly knows this, and works to keep > the prices affordable. If I'm printing a series of 8x10s, she will find a > way to reduce her production time, print several on a large sheet and then > I cut them down to size, and thus pass the savings on to me. So in effect, > I don't spend the time, and that in itself is a savings. > > When pricing, I do feel that museum quality pigmented prints are just > higher to produce. I think the public became used to buying prints for very > little money, and they still want an 8x10 for $10. It's hard to cut costs, > and perhaps we can do that by printing ourselves. But for me, I"m not to > the place where I can devote time to printing. > > IMO, > Linda > _____________________ > Linda M. Feltner Artist, LLC > P.O. Box 325 > Hereford, AZ 85615 > (520) 803-0538 > www.lindafeltner.com > > > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2016, at 6:24 AM, Lore Ruttan wrote: > > I'm hearing various opinions about the value of professional fine art > prints vs self-printing with a good quality printer (with archival inks on > archival paper). Aside from the consideration of color management that > Bruce and others mentioned, do others feel the professional prints are that > much superior and why? > > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > -- *Lore Ruttan, *Ph.D. Lore Ruttan Illustration <http://www.loreruttanillustration.com> Visit my Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/Paperlore Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv