06/19/2024
Giclée is on my mind.
Did you know that Giclée has only been around since 1995!
Giclée has become a term of printing confusion. It seems everyone has their own idea of what it is. Let's look at the original 1995 Webster dictionary definition: a technology by which high-quality prints are produced using an ink-jet printer.
Leaves quite a bit of room for interpretation.
Giclée printing has become highly regarded by many of the world’s best traditional media and photographic and fine artists, collectors, galleries, and museums. It combines digital printers with traditional archival fine art print media and provides the artist with creative opportunities previously unavailable.
Jover Photo and Fine Art Printing's interpretation of Giclée is: Only on Archival quality media and using a pigment-based and contains minuscule colored particles held in suspension. Archival ink has a superior color tone and a longer lifespan than standard dye inks, often lasting 100 to 200 years.
Ink Jet ink is an oil-based product often with a base of Soy Bean and is not meant to last. So here at Jover we feel that any ink-jet based product should not be called Giclée.
Giclée prints are produced one at a time on an as-needed basis with each print being exactly like the first, even if in different sizes.
Jover Photo and Fine Art Printing has considerable experience with digitally processing images for color saturation, brightness, contrast, and detail.
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