Printing
Printing Services
Lower East Side Printshop offers artists and publishers full and affordable access to a variety of printmaking techniques.
We collaborate with artists new to the medium as well as accomplished printmakers. We welcome challenges in making your artistic vision possible.
Services include plate/screen making, archival inkjet (digital) printing, transparency output, and editioning.
Techniques available are monoprint, intaglio, relief, waterbased silkscreen, and archival inkjet printing. Source images may be hand-drawn, photo-based, or digital. Maximum scale for traditional processes is approximately 35” x 50”.
We are pleased to offer professional archival inkjet printing services. Our Epson Stylus Pro printers produce transparencies and prints 24″ and 42″ wide, and of any length. Inkjet prints may be combined with all other printmaking techniques, including intaglio, silkscreen, relief, monotype, litho and chine collé. We can work with all kinds of digital images: pdf, tiff, psd, jpeg, etc. Our available software includes Photoshop and Illustrator. High resolution, to-scale files are required for digital projects.
Our rates are highly competitive. Please contact our Master Printer for the most affordable solution.
Recent collaborations include Derrick Adams, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Arturo Herrera, Titus Kaphar, Ryan McGinness, Angel Otero, Dread Scott, Saya Woolfalk and Hank Willis Thomas, with publishers such as Avant Arte, Gagosian Gallery, Lincoln Center, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., RxArt and others.
DIGITAL PRINTING
- 24″ wide film / paper $1.50 per linear inch of film length
- $3.75 per linear inch of paper length
- 44″ wide film / paper
- $3 per linear inch of film length
- $8 per linear inch of paper length For example, a 22″ x 30″ print on paper would cost $3.75 x 30″ = $112.50
- $100 minimum order for digital printing (paper or film)
- $25 per scan (11 x 17 inches bed size)
- Additional file and print work is $120/hour
- Trimming and packing work is $120/hour
- Packing for shipping: $60 soft pack + FedEx rate
- $100 hard pack + FedEx rate
- Rates include labor, basic materials and inks. Paper, plates and screens, specialty materials will be charged separately. A deposit will be required for larger projects. Free project materials are limited to standard brands and quality. Artists/publishers are responsible for checking their files for spelling, size, and quality errors.