A Brief History of Giclée Printing The word Giclée (“gee-clay”), is based on the French word gicler which means “to squirt or to spray” and was originally mentioned by printmaker Jack Duganne in 1991. Giclée printing is a fine art digital printing process using specialist archival pigment inks and acid-free papers; creating gallery-quality inkjet prints with excellent depth of colour, longevity and stability. Originally, the word was used to describe digital reproductions of conventional artworks (painting or drawing) or photographs. Today, it is generally accepted that a giclée print can also be a work created entirely in a digital workflow. The print process involves squirting microscopic dots of pigment ink onto high quality fine art or photographic papers using sophisticated high-end inkjet printers with exceptional accuracy, wide tonal range and colour gamut. Studies have shown that the vivid colours in Giclée Prints can last more than 200 years with tests by independent bodies such as Wilhelm Research and printer manufacturers such as Canon. This gives assurance to artists, photographers, collectors and art buyers of the high quality of these types of prints. Giclée printing is a type of inkjet printing – but importantly, not all inkjet prints are giclée prints. Giclée printing produces a product at a higher quality and with a much longer lifespan than a standard desktop inkjet printer. Any image that is to be printed as a giclée needs to be created at a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch (DPI). That means that the camera or scanner used to capture the image or scan the artwork must be able to do so at 300 DPI. When setting up a file that you will use to create artwork whose final output is a giclée print, make sure it is at least 300 DPI. This will ensure the final print has the sharpest detail and lacks any of the fragmentation that can occur with images of a lower resolution. For a more in-depth explanation of how to prepare your files for the Rush Digital Giclée Printing process click here (hyper link) or visit or FAQ Page. (hyper link)Giclée Prints have many advantages over other print methods, including:

1. They provide a perfect solution for artists and photographers who do not wish to go to the expense of mass-producing their work using more commercial based printers but prefer to print on demand.

2. Print on demand means a single artwork can be made available in many papers and finishes and at different sizes. There are a much greater number of papers to choose from, incorporating different weights, textures and whiteness.

3. The latest giclée printers provide greater accuracy and depth of colour, ensuring faithful reproductions of originals. There are more vivid and saturated colours than C-Type or digital offset, due to the bright pigments used to make up the inks. 4. Better longevity; a giclée print will outlast other prints and technologies by up to six times. 5. Giclée prints are widely accepted by art buyers, galleries and museums as archival, collectable art pieces.

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