What is a Giclee Print?

The term Giclee is French for “spray”. Today , artists commonly use the term to describe a fine art print produced by the inkjet printing method. A giclee print is made with a highly sophisticated inkjet printer using long lasting archival pigment inksets and stable media. Our inks have been tested and should produce a print with a longevity of 100+ years, under ideal conditions. Unlike MANY other studios printing giclees, we stick to ink from the manufacturer in order to insure stability and long life. Our goal is to provide you with the best quality product that we can.

 

We do the bulk of our giclee printing on two machines, a 44" HP Z3100, and a 60" CanonIPF9100.

Both machines run 12 color inksets, which can reproduce the widest color gamut of any machines on the market today.

 

In order to make a print, we need to get your image into a computer. There are several ways to do this, including direct scanning, digital image capture, and scanning from a transparency. Whichever method you choose, the quality of the end product is determined at this step.

 

In addition to good color management practices, our technicians also use a great amount of skill and judgement to get great color. It’s important to keep in mind that a giclee is a reproduction, and will not match an original 100%. This said, we think you’ll be very happy with the results. We have many happy artists who have learned to keep giclee expenses reasonable by exercising restraint when judging and adjusting color.