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The Giclée Process

A Giclée Print is an archival fine art print. The term, "Giclée" was coined in 1991 & refers to the product of an ink spray ("Gicléer", in French) printing process. The word is also used to distinguish "fine art prints" from other commercial reproduction processes.

A Giclée begins with a high resolution digital image of the original artwork. Using computer software, the digital image is adjusted to ensure that the color balance & tonality match the original as closely as possible.

The Giclée printer sprays approximately four million microscopic droplets of archival pigmented ink per second onto archival substrate, such as paper or cotton canvas. The Giclée process gives a much more precise, "truer-to-the-original" look than traditional offset lithography or serigraphy.

The quality of the inks and paper assures that each Giclée, if properly displayed, should last in excess of 100 years, without discernible fading or color shift.

Archival Giclées are accepted without reservation by most of the world's art museums, galleries & private collectors.