Giclee
As Giclee ( pronunciation : [ ʒiːkleɪ ] or [ dʒiːkleɪ ]) printing is of large, artistic, digital images with inkjet printers called.
The name is derived from the French gicler for "splash, spray" and is occasionally used in anglicised form as giclee . It was first used for the "iris prints" (not to be confused with the "iris prints" of the relief printing technique), which were printed on the Scitex printer Iris Model Four in the early 1990s . He specialized in issuing proofs that were used to review images prior to mass production.
Giclée generally stands for high-resolution, large-format prints on inkjet printers with lightfast dye- or pigment-based inks. These prints typically use six to twelve different colors.
Although this type of print was initially only intended for testing purposes, many artists and photographers are now using inkjet printers as an alternative to lithography when making short runs or reproductions. The costs are much lower for smaller quantities than for other manufacturing techniques.
Well-known manufacturers of printers for giclee prints are Canon , Eastman Kodak , Hewlett-Packard , Seiko and Epson .
literature
- Steve Macleod: Basic knowledge photography: Post-processing color (translation Maik-Felix Gomm), Volume 4 of Basic knowledge photography, Pearson Germany, Hallbergmoos, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8273-2500-6 , p. 152
