Painted, drawn or collaged on paper? Send us the original and we’ll scan it into a high-resolution digital file, ready to drop into the card designer or set up as a print-ready PDF. £20 for the first scan, £10 for each extra piece, flat artwork up to A3.
Scanned in Bristol · Original returned by post · File emailed to you
Not sure where to start? This is the easy way in. You don’t need a scanner, design software or any idea what resolution a card needs — post us the original and we’ll send you back a file that’s ready for the card designer. From there, your first card is a few clicks away.
What we can scan. Flat artwork on paper or thin board up to A3 — watercolour, gouache, acrylic on paper, ink, pencil, pastel (fixed, please), collage, lino and screen prints. If it lies flat on a scanner, we can scan it.
What we can’t. Framed or glazed pieces, stretched canvas, anything larger than A3, or work that’s still wet or fragile. For those, our fine-art studio photographs the artwork instead — see artwork copying & scanning on redcliffeprint.co.uk.
Need gallery-grade colour matching? For giclée prints we hand-match the file to your original and supply two proof prints — that’s the fine-art service at £50. For greeting cards, a good clean scan is all you need, and this is it.
Tell us how many pieces you’re sending — £20 for the first, £10 for each one after — and check out as normal.
Send it flat between two pieces of stiff card with your name and order number, or bring it to us in Bristol — the address is on the contact page.
We email your file, usually within 1–5 working days of the artwork arriving, and post the original back. Then it’s straight into the card designer.
Both are done here in Bristol on the same calibrated equipment. The difference is how much hand-finishing the file gets — and what you’re printing.
£20 first scan, £10 each extra · this page
A high-resolution, colour-managed scan of flat artwork up to A3. Ideal for greeting cards, postcards and bookmarks printed on our digital press. No proofs, no colour matching — just a clean file, fast.
£50 per artwork · redcliffeprint.co.uk
For giclée reproductions. The scan is hand-matched to your original for colour, tone and detail, and you approve two proof prints on your chosen fine-art paper before printing. Fine-art scanning & copying
Order a scan, pop the original in the post, and we’ll do the rest. Questions about what will scan well? Ask us first.
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