Established in 2001 as Walczyk & Young Studios, Vulcania Graphics & Fine Art, LLC is located in the Market District in downtown York, Pennsylvania. We specialize in digital photography, fine art printing and fine art giclée & canvas printing for both local and international artists. Daniel G. Walczyk (d. g. walczyk) and Shawn Young are the resident artists and co-owners of Vulcania Graphics & Fine Art.
Daniel G. Walczyk (d. g. walczyk) is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin but spent his primary ... view more »
Established in 2001 as Walczyk & Young Studios, Vulcania Graphics & Fine Art, LLC is located in the Market District in downtown York, Pennsylvania. We specialize in digital photography, fine art printing and fine art giclée & canvas printing for both local and international artists. Daniel G. Walczyk (d. g. walczyk) and Shawn Young are the resident artists and co-owners of Vulcania Graphics & Fine Art.
Daniel G. Walczyk (d. g. walczyk) is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin but spent his primary and secondary educational years in Ellicott City, Maryland and Greenville, South Carolina. He received a B.A. in English from Clemson University in 1982 and after graduate studies in theatre at Illinois State University moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he began a fifteen year theatrical career primarily as a production and stage manager. Dan specializes in nature, architectural, commercial and event photography, printing and color management. He enjoys camping, hiking and biking and his love of kayaking often offers a unique photographic perspective for his nature and wildlife photography. Please visit Dan’s artist website d. g. walczyk Fine Art at http://www.dgwalczyk.com
Shawn Young obtained his degree from The Ohio State University in 1991. Following college he worked in the MR/DD (Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities) field for five years in both the public and private sectors. He later worked as the Digital Services Store Trainer for Kinko’s in Dublin, Ohio where he specialized in graphic design, digital file prep and workflow, large format printing and color management. Shawn’s artwork style is a combination of cubism, photography and abstract digital painting with themes often relating to ancient cultural mythologies. Please visit Shawn’s artist website Shawn Young | Artist & Fine Art Printmaker at http://syartist.com
PRINTING SERVICES
All photographic and fine art giclée prints at Vulcania Graphics & Fine Art are output using a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8300 printer with LUCIA EX archival pigmented inks (12 color). Print permanence ratings can be found on the Wilhelm Imaging Research web site. You can also download the ratings sheet here: WIR Canon8300 Ratings (PDF 292k)
Learn more about the giclée printing process at Wikipedia.
Vulcania Graphics & Fine Art uses a closed-loop color management environment where we create and manage our own paper profiles and monitor calibration profiles. This is the preferred method for producing high quality professional prints. If you would like to use any of our paper profiles for soft proofing your artwork please contact us. Please note that soft proofing on-screen will require a properly calibrated monitor.
If you are preparing your own digital files for printing, we recommend the file specifications below. We can also accept jpeg files. Please note that if your digital files do not meet the requirements below, file conversion charges may apply (resizing, cropping, etc.).
file type: TIFF (flattened, no layers)
color space: Adobe RGB 1998
color bit depth: 8 bit or 16 bit
size: final print size desired measured in inches at 300 ppi. (i.e. 18 in. x 24 in. @ 300 ppi). If you need a white border around your image we can ad the border for you.
We can accept files brought in on a compact disc, USB flash drive or Compact Flash card. If you would like to bring files into the studio, please call ahead or email us to schedule an appointment. You can also email your files. If your files are too large to email, we recommend you use a free file-sharing service such as Dropbox and then email us links so we can download your files. We do not have FTP file upload capability.
We can also take your print project from digital capture through the final print. Your vision is our commitment.
FINE ART PAPERS & CANVAS
Archival pigment prints (photographic, giclée and canvas) are priced by the square foot and rounded up to the nearest tenth. If borders are needed around the image, include the borders in the final paper size calculation. Example: 16 in. x 22 in. image area with 1 in. borders would have a final print size of 18 in. x 24 in. The square footage for an 18 in. x 24 in. print is 3.0 sqft (18 x 24 ÷ 144 = 3.0 sqft).
- Epson Premium Luster Photo – $10.00/sqft (minimum charge 0.5 sqft) paper specs PDF
- Epson Premium Semimatte Photo – $10.00/sqft (minimum charge 0.5 sqft) paper specs PDF
- Sunset Photo Metallic – $15.00/sqft (minimum charge 0.5 sqft) paper specs PDF
- Hahnemühle Bamboo 290 – $12.00/sqft (minimum charge 0.5 sqft) paper specs PDF
- Somerset Velvet – $15.00/sqft (minimum charge 0.5 sqft) paper specs PDF
- Fredrix 777 VWR Canvas – $18.00/sqft (minimum charge 1.0 sqft) – canvas specs PDF
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