The term giclee was coined by a group of digital imaging specialists in California. It is pronounced "zhee-clay" and is a noun deriving from the French verb gicler, which means "to spray". 

Giclee is a high quality inkjet print created with professional grade machines and fine materials. Both inks and papers need to be rated as archival.

Although in the beginning only the Iris printer was rated as a giclee quality machine, now Roland, Colorspan, Canon, HP and Epson produce printers with 6 to 12 inks.

The results are a very wide color rendition (color gamut) and very deep blacks (Dmax). The new Epson Pro inkjet printers have 3 different black ink reservoirs and yield incredible black and whites. Epson printers are the choice of the best giclee printing ateliers in the country.

Whether it is called giclee, digiprint, pigment print or high fidelity inkjet print, the result should be a vibrant, archival product with the highest fidelity to the file it is made from.

Equipment: 

Epson Stylus Pro 9880 Large-Format Printer

Please call or email "A Work of Art" by Debra Halprin for a cost estimate.  Prices start at .09 cents per square inch.

debra@halprinart.com 

301-260-9701