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Re: OT: What to call the prints...

2003-04-28 by Antonis Ricos

> Ink jet print just sounds so cheap... can I get away with IRIS or Giclee?

Jeff,

definitely not IRIS!  : - )   It refers to IRIS printers, which Epsons are not. 
As for Giclee, that's been controversial for a long time. Some dislike its 
pretentiousness (and unsavory connotations in French), others find it a 
legitimate term to dignify "inkjet prints" to gallery buyers. It's your call...


Naming these things has been a problem for a while. Piezography has been 
used by Cone Editions and implies use of their inks;  "carbon pigment"  
implies pigmented bw inksets, not color ones or dye-based inks. 

So, in the end, I don't know, maybe you can come up with something new and 
help us all out!

Antonis

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