For Artists
The Guides.
Everything we’ve learned in over 45 years of fine art printing — written for artists, by printmakers. Free to read, organised by what you’re trying to do.
The Quick Start
Place an order, in three steps.
Already know what you want? Here are the three quickest routes to placing an order — whether it’s your first print, your fiftieth, or a reprint of an old favourite.
Order prints — new customers
First time placing an order with us? A quick walkthrough of setting up your account, uploading your file, and getting your first print on its way.
Read the guide → How-ToOrder prints — existing users
If you’ve printed with us before, here’s how to log into your account, find your image gallery, and get straight to ordering your next print.
Read the guide → How-ToHow to repeat a previous order
Sign in to your account and your full image gallery is there — ready to reprint, in seconds, on any paper from your previous order or a new one.
Read the guide →For Newcomers
Getting started.
For artists new to printing their work. Photography, file preparation, and the practical first steps before placing an order.
Photographing your work, done well
A short, no-nonsense guide for artists who’d rather not learn ten years of photography to take one good photograph of a painting.
Read the guide → ReferenceImage file types we can print from
JPG, TIFF, PSD, PDF, EPS, SVG, PNG — what we accept, what works best, and the colour space and resolution you should be aiming for.
Read the guide → ReferenceRecommended file size for printing
How big does your file need to be to print at A2 or A1 without softening? Resolution explained simply, with practical thresholds for fine art reproduction.
Read the guide → GuideNeed a custom print size?
Working in a non-standard ratio — a panoramic, a square, or a one-off scale to fit a particular wall? Here’s how custom sizing works at Redcliffe.
Read the guide → Free ServiceFree image file check
Send us your file and we’ll review it before you commit to a print run — resolution, colour profile, and printability at the size you want.
Use the service → VideosWatch our step-by-step videos
Short, practical video walkthroughs — placing your first order, repeating a previous order, and getting the most out of your account.
Watch the videos →The Craft
Print quality & process.
The craft and the science of fine art printing. What giclée actually means, why colour drifts between screen and paper, and how to read the technical details that matter.
What is a giclée fine art print?
The printing method that lets artists reproduce their work at museum quality — what it really means, the standards that govern it, and why artists choose it over offset and screen.
Read the guide → Our ServiceGiclée fine art prints at Redcliffe
Twelve-colour pigment inks, twenty archival papers, working partnerships with artists like Jenny Urquhart — printed for two decades on our own Redcliffe Watercolour stock.
Read the page → GuideHow long will my giclée print last?
Real-world figures: 200 years in an album, 80 years on display behind glass, 50 years without. The inks, the papers, and the conditions that get you there.
Read the guide → GuideWhy doesn’t my print match my screen?
The physics behind it, the three things people get wrong, and a sentence worth remembering: the screen lied; the print didn’t.
Read the guide → DownloadsICC paper profiles for download
Twenty paper profiles — Hahnemühle, Canson, Awagami, Somerset and our own Redcliffe Watercolour — for soft-proofing your work in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Download profiles → ReferenceOur range of archival fine art papers
Twenty fine art papers across cotton rag, alpha-cellulose, baryta and washi families. Each one suited to a different kind of work — the technical specs and the working notes.
Browse papers →For Sellers
Selling your work.
What happens after the print exists. How to find an audience, how to present your work, how to authenticate it, and how to turn casual followers into collectors.
Selling your prints online
The platforms worth your time in 2026, six practical habits that work on any of them, and the full story of one of our own artists — from rock drummer to a hundred thousand followers.
Read the guide → GuideShowing your prints in situ
The how and why of creating in-room mockups that help collectors imagine your work on their walls — the tools worth using, and the mistakes worth avoiding.
Read the guide → GuideLimited edition fine art prints
Publishing your work as a numbered, signed edition — produced with care on archival fine art paper, printed only as you sell, and authenticated for the collector.
Read the guide → Our ServiceCertificate of authenticity
Printed on archival paper, left blank for both the artist and the printmaker to sign — a two-signature arrangement that adds weight and traceability to every print.
Find out more → GuideReproducing artwork after selling the original
Once your original painting has gone, can you still make and sell prints from it? A clear answer on copyright, what you retain as the artist, and how to handle it ethically.
Read the guide → GuideHow to price your art prints
Costing, markup and tiering — how to price your prints so you never undercharge, with a worked example and room for wholesale.
Read the guide → GuideSelling greeting cards of your art
Why cards are the smartest place to start selling — runs, pricing, quantity discounts, and using them to grow your print sales.
Read the guide →The Practical
Practical service info.
The operational details — shipping, copying, sample packs, ordering. The answers to the smaller questions you’d rather not have to ask twice.
How to ship your original artwork safely
A short, practical guide to getting your original artwork to our Bristol studio in one piece — what to send, how to pack it, and how to protect your insurance claim.
Read the guide → Our ServiceArtwork copying & scanning
For work too large to photograph, work with heavy texture, or anyone without a camera they trust. Send us the original and we’ll digitise it in our Bristol studio.
Find out more → ReferenceSave with quantity discounts
Print runs at scale? Our quantity discount tiers make larger orders more affordable. Here’s how the breakpoints work and where the savings start.
Read the guide → ReferenceThe 25mm border we add to every print
A free 25mm white border around every print as standard — for signing, for window-mounting, for edition numbering. Why we include it and how to specify if you want different.
Read the guide → Our ServiceOrder a printed sample pack
Our complete range of archival fine art papers, plus the Redcliffe Colour Calibration Print — on your studio bench in a few days. A small fee covers postage.
Order a pack →Still can’t find what you’re after?
Email or call — advice is always free.
Forty-five years of fine art printing means we’ve probably seen your question before. Email us and we’ll reply the same working day.