Giclee comes from the French verb "gicler", which means to squirt, to spray. Pronounced "jhee-clay", giclee is a sophisticated inkjet printing method.

The giclee printing process was invented in the early 1990s, merges the use of large format printers with pigment inks, acid free watercolor papers and canvas.

When you combine the giclee printing process and use custom profiles, precise color correction and expert scanning, this printing technology is superior to others since it can produce many colors that would have been lost with other printing technologies.

Giclee prints were originally used for proofing in the offset printing world. Canvas prints are the most popular method of the giclee printing process today which is used to turn photos onto canvas or canvas print.

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