R/M - Remarque's A current practice by some artist in the addition of a small personalized drawing near his penciled signature in the margin of the print. Known has a Remarque. Example R/M 1/8

  H/C - Hor de Commerce  Hor de Commerce (Not for trade) traditionally were the graphics pulled with the regular edition but marked by the artist for business use only. These graphics were used for entering shows, exhibits, samples, etc. Today however, since people began to acquire and collect them, these graphics now generally find their way to the market place through regular channels and are sold.  Example: H/C 2/10

A/P - Artist Proofs Common practice is that 10 to 15 percent of an edition reserved for the artist. These proofs are identical to impressions in the edition in most instances. Example A/P 3/35

 S/N  - Signed and Numbered  Authenticated with the artist signature, the total number of impressions in the edition, and the order in which impression is signed: "4/350", indicated that the print is an edition of 350 impressions.

Multi - Media Prints/Reproduction  Mixed media prints are primarily a product of the past 30 years of printmaking. "Media" in art refers to the materials or artistic methods, such as oil or acrylic paint, brush or pallet knife.  Mixed media is the combination of materials and methods to create an image.  Mixed media original prints are hand-drawn prints that employ combinations of methods. There is no greater acquisition in print form than one produced by an artist in his or her studio.

 Poster The invention of printing, particularly lithography, was of paramount importance to poster art. Poster design requires a clear expression of the idea or product being advanced. The poster must be visible at a distance and comprehensible at a glance. Thus, lines are generally simple, colors few and bold, and lettering kept to a minimum. Posters are never limited to an edition size or signed by the artist.

Serigraphs Because it is basically a stencil process, serigraphy (also known as silk screening or screen printing) has the deepest roots of any printmaking techniques.

A serigraph is created this way: A screen of silk, nylon or polyester is stretched tightly across a frame.  A design is made in stencil form on the mesh by blocking out parts of the mesh.  The remaining open areas allow the ink to be squeegeed through to the paper below, resulting in the final printed image.

Serigraphs are works of the artist conceived as serigraphs and had printed either by himself or a master printer under the artist's supervision. Although many prints may be made from each set of screens , each is printed individually.  Therefore, serigraphs, like other graphics media, are termed "multiple originals".

Many serigraphs today are produced from an original work in another medium.  These are printed in much the same way, but use camera-produced screens.  These serigraphs, usually published and offered for sale by a publisher, may be done with or without the artist's involvement in the printing process.

Giclee  With the advent of the Giclee the art of fine printing has become even more precise. Because no screens are used, the prints have a higher apparent resolution than lithographs. The dynamic color range is like serigraph. In the Giclee process a fine steam of ink-more than four million droplets per second is sprayed onto archival art paper or canvas. The effect is similar to an air brush technique but much finer. Each piece is carefully hand mounted onto a drum which rotates during printing. Exact calculation of hue, value and density direct the ink of four nozzles. This produces a combination of 512 chromatic changes (with over 3 million colors possible) of highly saturated, nontoxic water-based ink.  The artist's color approval and input are essential for creating the final custom setting for the edition.

The latest advancements in the Giclee process are the work of a sophisticated fine art production facility that utilizes the highest resolution digital printers.  This edition of fine art prints is a collaboration between the artist and a specially trained printing craftsmen. They have extended the boundaries of current technology by customizing their equipment, designing new programs, and offering protective coatings to ensure quality  standards for the collector.

Displaying a full color spectrum, Giclee prints capture every nuance of an original painting - be it watercolor, oil or acrylic

Lithograph  Lithography was invented c.1796 by Aloys  Senefelder, and the Bavarian limestone he used is still considered the best material for art printing. Lithography is based on the antipathy of oil and water. A drawing is made in reverse on the ground (flat) surface of the stone with a crayon or ink that contains soap or grease. The image produced on the stone will accept printing ink and reject water. Once the grease in the ink has penetrated the stone, the drawing is washed off and the stone kept moist. It is then inked with a roller and printed on a lithographic press. As a process, lithography is probably the most unrestricted, allowing a wide range of tones and effects. Several hundred fine prints can be taken from a stone.

In color lithography or color photolithography, a stone or plate is required for each color used. The term photolithography is also applied to a process used in integrated circuit manufacture. Light is shined through the non-opaque portions of a pattern, or photo mask, onto a piece of specially coated silicon or other semiconductor material. The portions of the coating that were exposed to light harden, and the unhardened coating is removed, as by an acid bath. The uncovered silicon is altered to produce one layer of the integrated circuit. Advances in this technique have replaced visible and ultraviolet light frequencies with electron and X-ray beams, which permit smaller feature sizes in the patterns.