Help for Giclee needed

I am thinking of going into 'giclee' printing on a semi-commercial basis as I know a number of water colour artists who would be interested in having their work reproduced. At this stage I know very little about the technicalities of this process, so I need some basic information and guidance. Issues that seem to be relevant at this stage: 1) Printer. I have a limited budget so would be restricted to one of the smaller printers - I have been looking at the Epson R2880 as a possibility. Is this a good choice? 2) Scanning. Outsource initially as the high quality A3 scanners appear to be more expensive than the printer? 3) Basic techniques etc. - are there any good tutorials/other information sources that can get me on the road? These are the matters that I feel I need to get sorted out at the moment, so if anyone can help with these (or tell me what other issues I should be tackling), I will be extremely grateful.

 

giclee info

http://painting.about.com/cs/printing/a/gilceeprints_2.htm

I found some info on this website. You can probably find a lot of info on the web.

Good Luck,

jtdoonz