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What
is a Giclee
The
term giclée originated in 1991 with Jack Duganne who coined the term to refer
to fine art prints created with digital output. It was intended to be a word,
which would be added to the lexicon of printmaking terms in the vocabulary of
fine art printmaking. The main intention of the word giclée was to distinguish
“fine art prints” from those created for non-art or commercial purposes.
An ink jet print on watercolor paper or canvas is known
as a Giclee. Giclee (zheeclay) is a French term; in this case
meaning "spray of ink".
What
is the Finer Image Editions Process?
The cornerstone of the Giclee process is the Roland HiFi inkjet printer for the
fine art precision printing. The
printer uses a continuous tone technology in which infinitely small pixels of
color -are capable of rendering an amazingly smooth and consistent image.
The substrate to be printed on is affixed to a drum and as the drum
rotates at a high speed, individual droplets of colors are sprayed on to the
surface at a rate of 4-5 million droplets per second. Once completed, a 34' x 46" image is comprised of almost
20 billion droplets of ink, each one measuring no more than 15 microns in
diameter. Using pigmented inks with
archival rating of 120 years plus and printing at 1440DPI, this is the highest
quality digital printing available. Then
the print is completed by applying UV light retardant and light stabilizer
post-coatings. The results are
museum-quality fine art prints.
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