| |
Ink jet (gicleé) |
Serigraph |
Repligraph |
Linograph |
Digitograph |
Subligraph |
| Direct
Digital Printing |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo
Transfer |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Print
Transfer |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Oil-based
process |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cost
effective small orders |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Can
oil-paint on surface |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Can
acrylic paint on surface |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Printed
on water color paper |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Editions
can be replicated by other imaging centers |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Product
is mass-produced |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Durability
of surface |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Excellent |
Excellent |
| Sunlight
affecting longevity |
Good |
Excellent |
Good |
Good |
Excellent |
Excellent |
| Water-proof
finishing |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sublimation
process |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| "Walk-proof"
durability |
-- |
-- |
Good |
Poor |
-- |
Excellent |
| Heat/Cold
proof |
-- |
-- |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Excellent |
| Printed
on heavy textured canvas |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Limited
Edition protected by process itself,
not just by signature of artist and numbering |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| A
true, unique Digital Original Art process that cannot
be reproduced by imitators, even from the same piece or digital
file |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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