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Giclee Printing Overview
In giclee printing, no mechanical devices are used and therefore there is no visible dot screen pattern. The image has all the tonalities and hues of the original painting. Giclee (pronounced Gee’clay) is a French term meaning to spray or squirt, which is how an inkjet printer works. Giclee prints are a often one yard wide and are often affectionately referred to as a “knitting machine” as they look very similar. Giclee is an invented name for the process of making fine art prints froma digital source using ink jet printing. The intent of hte name was to distinguish commonly known in"Iris Proofs" from hte type of fine arts prints that artists were producng on those same kinds of printers. The name has come to mean any high quality ink jet produced print, and is often used in galleries and print shops and is produced in various printing shops and photographers studios.
In the past few yers the word giclee has come to be associated with prints using fade-resistant "archival' inks and the inkjet printers that use them. Thre are various canvas tyupe of material to print on for desired result. Textures and finishes will yield dfferent results. Watercolor paper and cotton canvas are two of hte most common types of material.
Giclee prints do not use ordinary inks. They use special light-fast inks, which, if kept out of the sun, will remain true for up to twenty-five years. Giclee prints can be produced on any type of canvas as you wish, and printers generally have several specific ones to choose from.
Many artisits use the inkjet process to reproduce their photo images or artwork. There has been a boom in demand in hthe recent few years from amateur photographers who want to print an image of, say, their grandchild and make it into a long-lasting meaningful artwork.
Prints to Canvas provide a service
whereby people send in a digital file or a print to be reproduced.
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