Digital BW, The Print

Hi,Austin
A geclee is a reproduction (multiple print) or exact copy of an 
original work of art that was created by conventional means 
(painting, drawing, and so on) by using digital print technologies. 
Not everybody agrees with this definition. More about this you can 
find in very informative book Mastering digital printing by Harald 
Jonson.
Yume

A giclee print is an inkjet print. Plain and simple. Someone wanted a 
more pedant word because inkjet wasnt upscale enough. 

A giclée comes from a gicleur which is a sprinkler. And what does an 
inkjet nozzle do ? Why it sprinkles ink of course!!!
Cheers,
Andre


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<yum@p...> wrote:

> Hi,Austin
> A geclee is a reproduction (multiple print) or exact copy of an 
> original work of art that was created by conventional means 
> (painting, drawing, and so on) by using digital print technologies. 
> Not everybody agrees with this definition. More about this you can 
> find in very informative book Mastering digital printing by Harald 
> Jonson.
> Yume

Hi Yume,

If in fact that's what Harald (or is it Harold?) says, I believe he is
mistaken.  It's clearly understood that a "Giclee" is simply an inkjet
print, and of course, it really doesn't matter what the source is, but
typically "Giclee" refers to art...as opposed to simply printing out this
email.

It is not relevant to the definition of Giclee if you print multiples or
exact prints or a "reproduction", and technically, the Giclee (which, as I
believe simply refers to inkjet print) is an original, as is any
photographic print, that is if you consider a chemical print an "original"
in the first place.

Regards,

Austin

> Hi,Austin
> A geclee is a reproduction (multiple print) or exact copy of an
> original work of art that was created by conventional means
> (painting, drawing, and so on) by using digital print technologies.
> Not everybody agrees with this definition. More about this you can
> find in very informative book Mastering digital printing by Harald
> Jonson.
> Yume

> If in fact that's what Harald (or is it Harold?) says, I believe he is
> mistaken.  It's clearly understood that a "Giclee" is simply an inkjet
> print, and of course, it really doesn't matter what the source is, but
> typically "Giclee" refers to art...as opposed to simply printing out this
> email.

David put it much more clearly, with more history than I can,

while Giclee literally means "squirt" (see below) and has by some been used
generally for any kind of inkjet print, the term has more generally been
used in connection with fine (art) inkjet prints, and especially the IRIS
printers and prints.

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....

tim

Hi Tim,

> 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....

My understanding as well.  From some native French friends of mine, the word
"ejaculate" is what they have given as an English synonym.

Regards,

Austin

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).