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What Is A GicleeGicleeGiclée (pronounced "jee-clay") is a French word meaning "a spraying of ink". With the advent of Giclée, the art of reproducing fine art has become even more precise. Giclee's have the highest apparent resolution available today -- as high as 1,800 dpi. In addition, since no screens are used, the prints have a higher apparent resolution than lithographs and a color range that exceeds that of serigraphy. Displaying a full color spectrum, Giclée prints capture every nuance of an original and have gained wide acceptance from artists and galleries throughout the world. With much experimentation and consummate craftsmanship, the technology of computer prints has evolved into elegant art form. Giclee reproduction is created by tiny jets spraying millions of droplets of water-based printing ink onto a sheet of Fine-Art paper. This spray of ink, more that 4 million droplets per second, whirls onto paper spinning on a drum at 250 inches per second. Hence the name Giclée, French for "fine spray."Precise computer calculations control four ink jets that together produce 512 shades of dense, water-based ink. The information controlling the jets comes directly from a computer - no printing film or plates are involved. The computer's information is scanned directly from the artist's original work. An art print emerges, lush and velvety, with the feel of a watercolor and the look of a serigraph or original lithograph. What is most important to understand is that as an exact reproduction of the original, the Giclee is the ultimate balance between high quality and low cost: Identical to an original, yet costing much less.
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