THE GICLÉE STORY Many artists are not familiar with the giclée pronounced (zhee-klay) process. The term giclée derives from a French word meaning to throw ink. The modern process of giclée originated with the introduction of the Iris printer in 1987. Pioneers David Coons and Graham Nash founded Nash editions to exploit the new ink jet technology, and an industry was born. By 1994, Epson entered the giclée printer market, and over the years other printer makers joined into the revolution. Software to drive the digital print making revolution was first introduced in 1900 with Adobe Systems release of Photoshop 1.0. Over the years, the printers, digital photographic equipment and software has made astronomical advances to get us where we are today. However, in today's world, a quality giclée reproduction consists of considerably more than merely printing with an ink throwing printer. A GICLÉE PRINT OF YOUR PHOTO Even though in the classic sense a giclée print is considered a digital reproduction process for fine art, when we print your photo on canvas we give you the same quality products that our artists use. Our prints are UV Fade Resistant, and with our varnish coat they are water resistant, and they are printed on Fredrix 901 canvas. We use professional 'ripping' software which allows us to enlarge digital photos beyond the published limits given by most camera manufacturers. Our Get Tech'E page goes into the details associated with what sized prints we can achieve with various sized digital files. If you are a fine artist who would like to see what SmarTECH Art Reproductions can do for you, visit the Artists Site. |
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