Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Phil,
This is pretty much what I was told; that I shouldn't call my prints giclee
because it implied it was a?copy of a painting and/or not an original
work.?From other responses I see that it's not necessary to use that title.
My initial understanding was that?it informed folks that it was an archive
quality print. From everyone's response it appears that is not completely
accurate?and off-putting to those in the know.
So archival inkjet or pigment it is!
Thanks?everyone for your input. Very helpful and?much appreciated,
Bob
?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com
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From: Phil Swango <pswango at att.net>
To: LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:29:03 AM
Subject: [Leica] What is giclee?
Bob Adler asked "what is giclee?"
Bob, I think the term was originally used for Iris commercial prints,
developed in the 1990s as a way of reproducing paintings and other large
artwork.? Iris prints were inkjet prints but used for large-size commercial
reproduction.? Consumer inkjet printing was just getting a start and went by
the name of 'inkjet.'? I guess some people still maintain a distinction
between the commercial Iris-type (now HP) process and the desktop prints we
all make.? I call my prints 'inkjet' and when I hear the term 'giclee' I
think of reproductions of art prints or paintings as sold in galleries.
Technically, they're both inkjet prints (i.e., sprayed ink).
This may help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl?e<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e>
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Phil Swango
307 Aliso Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
505-262-4085
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