What is a giclee print?
Giclee (zhee-klay) is French for 'spray' or 'squirt'. The term accompanied an escalation in print technolgy whereby colour inkjet printers could generate remarkable images from high resolution scans printed with archival quality inks onto archival paper.
This combination claims a print lifetime of over 80 years, offering protection against deterioration associated with traditional media, combined with quality that rivals traditional silver halide and gelatin print media.
The giclee process is particularly applicable to collectable prints, and numerous examples can be found at galleries and museums including New York's Museum Of Modern Art.
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