Your Giclee
is of the same quality as
those published by the
Boston Museum
of Fine Art!
Just like Legacy Fine Art Printers,
"the Boston Museum of Fine Art uses
large format Epson® Stylus Pro printers
to create Giclee fine art reproductions." (1)
Dolphin Sunset" by George Roberts, mounted on foam board.
Printed on a large format Epson Printer.
PRINTING EQUIPMENT
Our Printing Process uses Epson equipment. As developers, Epson has been on the leading edge of the finest archival printing equipment and ink available.
We have incorporated two of their newest Epson 9900 large format, ten color, pigmented ink printers. We have five large format inkjet printers in our process.
FINE ART PRINTING SUBSTRATES:
THE PAPER and CANVAS SUBSTRATES
that we offer are
Internationally Certified for their Archival Quality
Elegance™ Velvet Platinum Edition fine art paper
Optica One™ smooth fine art paper
Chromata White™ Canvas
underwent extensive testing by an independent UKAS (United Kingdom
Accreditation Service) accredited laboratory.
We have offered various established brands over the years,
but we have
found no archival product that out-performs the
BreathingColor® brand.
Elegance™ Velvet
Elegance™ velvet is a 310 g/sm mould made
Fine Art Paper with
a water-resistant vellum surface.
It is made from
100% cotton
fiber and
is acid and lignin free.
It is manufactured to be stronger and has more
dimensional stability than competitive brands
available today; and, it scores three-times better
than the next-best mainstream competitor in
overall
performance, as shown below in the
ISO-13660
comparative test.
Click here for the ELEGANCE VELVET Fine Art Trade Guild Certification
The Fine Art Trade Guild established these standards to protect the interests of, and to increase the confidence of consumers who are purchasing archival-grade art media.
Optica One™
Optica One™ is a 300 g/sm, water-resistant
Fine
Art Paper
made from
100% cotton
fiber and is
acid and lignin
free.
It has a
luxuriously smooth,
matte
surface which is ideal
for high resolution
photographic imagery.
It delivers
exceptional tonal
range, line quality and line contrast which
translates
into crisp, sharp detail as well as delivering smooth
tonal
transitions and a wide color gamut.
Click here for the OPTICA ONE Fine Art Trade Guild Certification
The Fine Art Trade Guild established these standards to protect the interests of, and to increase the confidence of consumers who are purchasing archival-grade art media.
Chromata White™ Canvas
Legacy Fine Art Printers uses BreathingColor's Brilliance Chromata™ White Canvas. This is a textured, 20.5 mil, Bright White, consistent Poly Cotton Blend Matte Canvas using an acid-free, neutral pH coating.
Brilliance Chromata White™ Canvas
Passes
the Fine Art Trade Guild's Blue Wool Test
Brilliance Chromata White™ canvas underwent extensive testing by an independent UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited laboratory.
They concluded that BreathingColor's Chromata White™ Canvas exceeds the Fine Art Trade Guild archival standards for pH and light-fastness.
The Fine Art Trade Guild established these standards to protect the interests of, and to increase the confidence of consumers who are purchasing archival-grade art media.
Click here for the Chromata White Canvas Fine Art Trade Guild Certification.
Fine Art Paper and Canvas
Technical Specification Sheets
Click here for the ELEGANCE VELVET Technical Specifications
Click here for the OPTICA ONE Technical Specifications
Click here for the Chromata White Canvas Technical Specifications.
Below are the
ISO-13660 Comparative Test Results
of
Elegance™ Velvet Platinum Edition
vs
the mainstream competitors.
BreathingColor's Elegance™ Fine art paper
is the winner, hands down.
International standardized testing methods were used to compare
BreathingColor®Elegance against the other major players:
ISO-13660 is the first international testing method to ever incorporate a
consistent, wide range of print quality attributes.
Using ISO-13660 testing methods,
BreathingColor's Elegance Velvet Platinum Edition™
of fine art paper has been tested side by side with other
museum and gallery grade fine art papers(2):
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag,
Somerset Velvet,
Somerset Textured,
Arches Infinity Smooth,
Arches Infinity Textured,
Museo Max,
Museo.
Elegance Velvet Platinum Edition of fine art paper clearly and objectively
dominates these other paper media in overall print quality performance.(3)
The ISO-13660 tests include:
• Tone Reproduction (graininess)
|
• Mottling (uniform absorption of ink)
|
• Visual Optical Density (deepest blacks)
|
• Tonal Range (range of tonal contrast)
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• Brightness
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• Line Quality (line blur)
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• Raggedness (raggedness of a line's edge)
|
• Line Contrast
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• Line Optical Density
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Performance Test Results
Based on the international ISO-13660 Testing Methods
(lower numbers equals better results)
Test Performed |
Breathing Color Elegance |
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag |
Somerset Velvet 225 |
Somerset Textured 225 |
Arches Infinity |
Arches Infinity 230 |
Museo Max 365 |
Museo Max 250 |
Graininess |
1 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
Mottle |
1 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
Visual Optical Density |
1 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
Tonal Range |
1 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
Brightness |
1 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Line Blur |
2* |
1 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
Line Raggedness |
2** |
7 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
Line Contrast |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Line Optical Density |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
Cumulative Score (lower is better) |
11 |
35 |
42 |
59 |
35 |
39 |
44 |
32 |
Average Score (lower is better) |
1.2 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
6.6 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
4.9 |
3.6 |
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Overall Rank |
1 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
* Line Blur Test: BC Elegance=149.43 vs Hahnemuhle Photo Rag=141.79. Average of all others=199.32
**Line Raggedness Test: BC Elegance=5.32 vs Arches Infinity=4.82. Average of all others=8.13
"Just Out of Reach", by Jennifer Roberts
(1) Epson News Release, Mar 4, 2005. The trademarks and model numbers of EPSON® printers are identified for informational purposes only. Epson does not endorse or sponsor our products.
Legacy Fine Art Printers is not affiliated with Epson. EPSON® and EPSON Stylus® are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation
(2) Hahnemuhle Photo Rag™, Somerset Velvet™, Somerset Textured™, Arches Infinity Smooth™, Arches Infinity Textured™, Museo Max™, Museo™ are all trade marked (™) names by their individual manufacturers.
(3) BreathingColor Print and Quality Evaluation Comparison ©2005
Legacy Fine Art Printers is not affiliated with BreathingColor®.
Brilliance Chromata White™ Canvas, and, Elegance™ Velvet Platinum Edition, and Optica One™ are registered trademarks of Breathing Color, Inc.
