Digital BW, The Print

Tim writes:

> As I understand it (from my French friends) Giclee is
> not a commonly used word in French and certainly not
> associated with inkjet printing of any kind. Most
> generally it is used ("squirt") as a veterinary term,
> so I was informed by a Francophone vet....

It does indeed mean "squirt," but the word is most commonly used as a
colloquial synonym for "ejaculate."  It is thus understandable that the term
hasn't caught on to describe ink-jet prints in French; in that context, the
usual term is simply "jet d'encre" (ink jet).