About Giclee Printing
Giclee fine art printing stands for high quality printmaking technology.
Images are converted into high resolution file formats by digital scans and printed with archival
quality inks onto canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. Giclee fine art printing shows better colour accuracy
in the process than other means of reproduction.
Giclee art prints are created by using professional 8-Colour to 12-Colour ink-jet printers.
Modern technology printers are able to produce highly detailed prints for both the fine art
and photographic markets. The superb quality of the giclee reproduction rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatine
printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.
Then, the term "pigment print" is used generally for any type of printed image that
uses strictly pigments. Pigment printing processes have been utilized since the middle of the 19th century.
The image stability of pigment printing is superior to that of any other method of printing, including traditional
silver-halide or metal-based. Digital inkjet printing has seen a surge in the use of the pigment ink as ink sets
have been refined to be compatible with the latest in high-resolution inkjet technology.
Where archival dye-based ink sets exhibit excellent colour gamut, pigment inks excel in permanence.
A dye is molecularly soluble in its vehicle, but pigment is not. Pigment particles tend to be large enough
to embed into the receiving substrate making them water-resistant. The particulate nature of pigment inks
ensures their archival superiority.
Text: With the kind permission of gicleeprint.net
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