Fine Art Copying

The first step, in the process of Fine Art Reproduction, is to create a high quality digital camera file of your original work of art. Altron Color Imaging has a fully equipped copy studio with Canon™ and Olympus™ cameras and lighting. Our photography technique captures all of the highlight and shadow detail while maintaining optimum color fidelity, eliminating sheen and glare.

Fine Art Scanning

Scanning is a crucial part of Fine Art Reproduction and requires great skill. We use a professional Scitex 8000 dpi (dots per inch) flatbed scanner that utilizes advanced CCD technology to scan all our transparencies. This scanner accepts numerous formats from 35 mm (Neg. or Pos) up to 11” x 17” reflective copy or 8” x 10” transparencies.

Our digital technicians are skilled in capturing all aspects of your image to create an optimum digital file. We do not recommend direct scanning of original oils or acrylics due to the inability of scanners to polarize their light source. This will usually result in unwanted glare or highlights.

Fine Art Proofing

This step is an essential part of Fine Art Reproduction. Our skilled technicians work closely with you to create an image that you feel closely resembles your original. We are meticulous when it comes to matching the colors to your original and communication is a key factor in creating a stunning Giclée edition. We take the creation of every image personally as if it were our own work. We feel that the key to our success is your success and we pride ourselves on putting optimum products into the marketplace.

Fine Art Printing

The printing begins when the chosen substrate is mounted on the drum of our Iris ink jet printers. These printers have an apparent resolution of 1800 dpi (dots per inch) and spray a continuous mist of transparent ink onto the substrate at a rate of 1 million droplets per second from each of the four nozzles. Each droplet of ink mist is 1/4 the diameter of a human hair and each dot can contain 1 to 31 droplets of ink thus creating a continuous tone image with smooth tonal graduations.