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Printing With Us:
Super Art Mart is a fine art print shop based in Missoula, MT. Printing with us is easy! If you have something you’d like us to print, please read the following info and then get in touch. We are nice and easy to talk to.How to Get Started:
When you reach out to us with a print job, we will ask a few things from you to get started, then we take care of the rest. We will first ask for the sizes and quantities of prints you would like, along with high res (300dpi or higher) print files. We understand artists have varying levels of comfortability with graphic design and file prep and that is okay with us! We just ask for the best quality files you’re able to, and then we’ll support you to make sure they’re good to go.
Billing and Payment:
Once an order is set up and confirmed, we will send you an invoice for the print job. Payment is due at delivery.
Delivery:
Once we are finished printing your order, we will deliver the prints to you. For Missoula and most of Western Montana, we can bring the order to you or arrange for a pick up. We can also ship print orders, in which case we will add the shipping costs to the invoice.
email:
superartmart@gmail.com
Giclée Printing
We have a Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 Wireless Color Inkjet Professional Photo Printer that will print full color up to 17”wide. This printer is really cool in that it uses 15 different inks to achieve a very robust palette of colors and high detail. Giclëe prints are archival, acid free, and museum quality. Our standard paper for art prints is an acid free matte Aurora Art White 300. Though we can print other types of paper if you have something specific in mind.The sky’s the limit and we’re happy to find the right paper for the job. This printer can also do glossy photograph prints. We don’t have any minimum order quantities or discounts for larger orders.
Size specifications and formatting:
Our printer’s maximum size is 17” x 22”, though we can technically print longer if we use rolls of 17” wide paper. That said, here is a list of our most common sizes:
12” x 12” / 11” x 14” / 11” x 17” / 10” x 10” / 10” x 8” / 8.5” x 14” / 8.5” x 11”
As a default, the artwork will have a white border around it, typically .5” or .25” on each side. That said, we do offer full bleed cropping for an extra fee. This should be taken into account when deciding print size.
Timeline:
Giclée prints are printed one at a time and take a little while to print, so the order timeline will vary depending on quantity. For an order of 20 prints or less, we will guarantee delivery or shipment in 10 business days. For orders with more than 20 prints, we can guarantee delivery in 20 business days. We can usually accommodate rushed printing, though it depends on other orders we’re working on. If you have a deadline that needs to be met, just let us know and we’ll do our best to help meet it.
Note that the timeline will increase if we need to order any special paper or packaging for the job. We’ll do our best to be upfront about the increased timeline in these instances.
Packaging and Add-ons:
Foam Core and Bag:
We package our prints in sealable poly bags on custom cut acid free foam core. We have packaging for the common sizes listed above, but we can special order and size if you need them.
Stickers:
We include a Super Art Mart branded sticker on the back of the poly bag, and if you’d like, we can include custom artist stickers to the packaging to help promote your own brand as an artist.
Full Bleed Cropping:
We can crop an image at the edge if you’d like, we’ll just need to add a .25” bleed area to the print file on all sides. This will add $1 to the print cpu.
Other add ons:
We can get pretty creative with what we add to the prints. Whether that be painting on prints, folding or cutting specific shapes, or whatever else, we’d love to work with you to make your vision a reality.
Pricing:
Here are some estimated prices for our standard sized giclée prints. Pricing can vary depending on the print, paper, and add-ons. Packaged Cost Per Unit (CPU) below includes a poly bag, foam core backing, and super art mart sticker.
Print Size
Unpackaged CPU
Packaged CPU
Recommended Sale Price
8” x 10”
$6.40
$8.80
$35
New Order Set Up Fee:
For orders including new designs we haven’t printed before, we’ll add a $25 set up fee to the total order. This covers the work we put into setting up files, packaging details and everything else that goes into a new product.
Risograph Printing
A Risograph printer is essentially an automatic screen printing machine that prints monochromatic layers of vibrant colors. It’s a Japanese printer that looks and works like a big 90’s office photocopier, but the results can look more like fine art screen prints. You can achieve a cool spectrum of colors by printing multiple layers on the same image. The printing method is way less precise and archival than giclée printing, but it has a charm that is unique to the medium. Individual prints will have variance in registration and color density
We have a RISO SF5130 Risograph Printer. It’s maximum print area is 8.5” x 14” (legal size paper). Our current four ink colors are listed below.
Bright Red / PMS 185 U / #f15060
Yellow / PMS YELLOW U / #ffe800
Aqua / PMS 637 U / #5ec8e5
Yellow / PMS YELLOW U / #ffe800
Aqua / PMS 637 U / #5ec8e5
Black / PMS Black U / #615d59
Formatting:
Our standard size for printing and packaging fine art Riso prints is 8.5” x 14”. These prints are packaged in a poly bag with foam core backing and a Super Art Mart branded sticker.
When setting up a print file, there isn’t always a best way to go about it, but here are a couple different things to keep in mind:
Color separation: if you can keep the colors separate when setting up / designing the artwork, that will make things easier. That said, we can do full color process separation using our three primary(ish) colors. So if you just give us a flat full color image for example, we can use software to separate the colors. The program we use for color separation, Spectrolte, is free and easy to use if you want to play around with it yourself.
Because there is registration variation between prints, it is often best to keep fine detail, like text or fine line work, in one of the darker colors (anything but yellow)
Here is a psd template that may serve as a starting point for setting up a file.
Zines:
Riso is a great way to print zines. We can cut and staple bind zines (max size 4.25” x 7”).
Pricing:
Printing Fee (one charge per order) - $25 / order
Charge per riso color - $4 / color
Ink costs - $.02 / print
Paper costs - varies depending on paper (ranging from $.02/print for basic copy paper - $1+/print for nicer paper.)
Add ons:
Packaging (poly bag, foam core, sticker) - $3 / print
Zine Construction - $2 / zine