These National Geographic art prints are individually printed as superb giclee prints at high resolutions of 1440 printed dots per inch (dpi) on satin and gloss papers, fine art paper and canvases.
A giclee (zhee-CLAY), is an individually produced, high-resolution, high-fidelity, high tech reproduction produced on a special large format printer. Because giclees deliver astonishing realism and long life they are creating a whole new vibrant medium for art. A Giclee Print is quite simply the closest replication of an original photograph and artwork that is currently possible.
The giclee is the new standard in the fine art industry, widely embraced for their astonishing quality by major museums, galleries, publishers, artists and discerning customers.
Giclees are superior to traditional lithography in nearly every way. The low priced lithographic posters are typically printed at 300 dpi. The colours are brighter, last longer, and are so high-resolution that they are virtually 'continuous tone', rather than tiny dots. The range, or "gamut" of color for giclees is far beyond that of lithography, and details are crisper.
The images on the site are low resolution thumbnails but each print is produced from a high resolution file by our own staff and machines in Bletchley Park Science and Innovation Centre in England. We guarantee that you will receive superb gallery quality fine art prints in the fastest possible turnaround time wherever you are in the world.
Substrates - Papers and Canvas
For simplicity online, we use the following substrates on which to print your images: - Satin Paper - Gloss Paper - Fine Art Paper - Canvas.
And you can choose to have your canvas stretched and framed (see below). And of course, you can choose to have your print framed.
Satin Paper is 3944 - 230 g/m² high quality photo paper - Supersorb Photo Paper PE 220 - which is microporous SuperDry coated, based on a high quality opaque white double sided PE coated true photo paper. This high quality paper ensures vibrant photo-realistic image reproduction and has super fast drying of all common inks with a very high ink limit and exceptional wide colour gamut with soft colour gradients.
Gloss Paper is glossy 3938 - 230 g/m² high quality photo paper - Supersorb Photo Paper PE 220 - which is microporous SuperDry coated, based on a high quality opaque white double sided PE coated true photo paper . This high quality paper ensures vibrant photo-realistic image reproduction and has super fast drying of all common inks with a very high ink limit and exceptional wide colour gamut with soft colour gradients.
Fine Art Paper is 315gsmcoated Smooth Cotton High White 100% Cotton Fourdrinier Acid Free Paper. This silky smooth surface structure is designed to retain the natural characteristics of a smooth high-white art paper whilst maintaining the necessary natural aesthetics demanded by fine art. The surface has a special matte coating, designed for high quality fine art and photographic reproduction and designed particularly for giclée printing.
Canvas is an Instant Dry Canvas WR 350 Satin - 350 g/m² - a single side satin coated Artistic Canvas designed for high quality graphic-art applications on inkjet plotters and printers. You can choose to have a rolled print or a box canvas print – a canvas stretched across a strong wooden frame and delivered to you ready to hang. For more information please see ‘Canvas Prints'.
National Geographic Print Sizes
We can print National Geographic pictures and photographs at any print size to suit your particular requirements. And we can print these giclee prints for large format wall art prits and murals; please contact us directly if you do need a specific size. For simplicity on the website, our standard print sizes follow the European 'A' size convention:
- A5 - 210 x 149mm - 8.30' x 5.90 inches - A4 - 297 x 210mm - 11.75 x 8.3 inches - A3 - 297 x 420mm - 11.75 x 16.5 inches - A2 - 420 x 594mm - 16.50 x 23.4 inches - A1 - 594 x 841mm - 23.40 x 33.0 inches - A0 - 841 x 1189mm - 33.00 x 46.8 inches.
Giclee Print Perspectives
The original National Geographic photographs are a variety of shapes and sizes. Where the aspect ratio of the selected print does not match the selected print paper size, the print will be made to maximize the size of the print on the paper, i.e. the longest edge of the print will match the longest edge of the paper.
Prints can optionally be provided with a border (for example to allow for framing) of approximately 15mm around the image. This is our standard margin but we can amend this to suit your own particular requirements so please contact us if you need this changed. Every canvas print is printed with a border of about 70mm to enable you to have it stretched on a frame. Prints are not provided cropped. For special border and cropping requirements, please contact Printree directly.
Special Requests
We are pleased to accept enquiries for any print size, substrates or other customised art printing services such as laminating, varnishing and mounting. Please email Printree at info@printree.net or call on 0845 658 2470 or +44(0)1908 372727.
