Who can i get to make prints of my oil paintings for resale?

My brother is an Artist in NY. i need to make prints of his art work to sale. i need quality, cheap prints, do you know of any good companies?Who can i get to make prints of my oil paintings for resale?
try cafe press or zazzle.com





one at a time - as needed.





reletively cheap - no need to buy 10 or 100Who can i get to make prints of my oil paintings for resale?
I don't know of any good companies in your area but I do know that you are going commercial.


Whoever you get do not expect any service. In the market you are always looking for three things. Good price, quality work, and great service. You are not going to get all three. You can expect two out of three, but not all three.


If you want quality of work with great service? Then you are going to pay for it. If you want a cheap price and above average service then don't expect any quality. You want a cheap price, with quality work. So expect to do a lot of the footwork yourself, and don't expect them to jump for you. Expect delays and expect the printing project to take more time than average.


The highest cost you are going to come up against is the film work for the plates. That is colour separation. This involves four films, for four different colours , amber, magenta, cyan, and black. (we know black is not a colour, but in printing for economic reasons it is considered a colour). Then the print itself has to be run through the press four times.All of this is taken into consideration when pricing is quoted. Expect a high price to do four colour processing.


The stock is another thing. If you want the work's reproduction to be of a high quality? Then don't cheap out on the stock. Printers will have a 10% clause on all their jobs. This means if you order one thousand and only get nine hundred then it is acceptable by law. A printer will put one thousand one hundred sheets through to cover for printing mistakes in alignment on the presses. If the printer is really good you could end up with more than a thousand.


So you want a good company to do cheap and quality work ... you have to do a lot of the footwork yourself.


Run around with the phone and make inquiries, then do a lot of footwork checking out the companies. Make a short list of who you think you can deal with then set up meetings with whomever is in charge. See what kind of footwork you can do for them to bring the price down, and don't expect them to do any extras for you. Expect a good job. But if you aren't paying top dollar ...don't expect any service.
Get a copy of an art trade magazine like ';American Artist'; or ';Artist's Magazine'; and check out the ad section. Contact some of the people that do giclees - prints of your art on canvas. If you want to add some real paint over the prints to give it texture you can get an even higher price for repros. Prices vary, but it is a starting point. Don't forget to get a copyright.
take a photo of it and then upload to www.deviantart.com--they offer an option to sell prints of your work there.
what about staples or kinkos?
The hottest selling respectable art right now is the giclee reproduction on canvas.Take a very high quality digital photo of the painting and upload it in the highest resolution and file size possible. This will only work if the painting is a standard size. Mail the CD (the file will be too large to transfer via internet) to a website like winkflash.com or take it to a giclee printer in your area. Check with your printer on the format they prefer (jpeg, tif, etc). They can transfer the photo on canvas in a variety of sizes, allowing the art patron a variety of prices to choose from. I've seen large paintings, 18'; X24'; go for a bargain price of $100. Cost to artist, about $50.