Digital BW, The Print

I've always called mine pigment ejaculation prints.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Rod Bruckdorfer" 
<seagypsy@a...> wrote:
> Definition of Gicle'e Print from http://photography.about.com/library/
> 
> "Giclée print is the 'gallery term' for inkjet prints, used to try and make them seem more 
valuable than prints you can make from your own computer. Inkjet printing covers a very 
wide range of printer types, ink compositions and papers, from cheap throwaway prints to 
works of art on fine paper printed on high quality printers.
> 
> The first high quality inkjet prints avaialable were from expensive 'Iris' printers, and high 
quality prints are normally made on 100% cotton hand made or mould-made watercolor 
papers. Prints made on these printers are sometimes designated 'Iris Giclée'. 
Unfortunately, giclée, a French word meaning 'spurt', is most commonly used to describe 
the male sexual climax. 
> 
> With high quality ink jet prints now available from other systems, including Epson's 
pigment and other archival inks as well as the unique carbon inks used in Cone Editions 
'PiezographyBW' system, there is much interest in new terms to use to describe high 
quality ink jet prints." 
> 
> If I my use the vernacular -  YUK.
> 
> Rod
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