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What is a 'GICLEE' print?

Giclee (pronounced "gee-clay"), from the French word meaning to "squirt" or "spurt," is a highly sophisticated inkjet printing process that was introduced in the late 1980s. It's so sophisticated, in fact, that it produces open or limited edition prints, which truly capture the artist's original intent. Even museums have realized the vast potential of this technology and have made giclee editions a permanent part of their collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco) and Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles) to name a few. These prints are created from high-resolution digital images, using the best quality ink and paper stock available, resulting in color saturation and image detail capture that exceeds other types of image reproduction. Here at Painter of Paradise, giclee prints are generated on my 8-color Epson R2400 printer, which is able to produce amazingly detailed prints of both works of fine art and photographs. I use Epson Ultrachrome K3 inks exclusively, because of their archival quality and true colors. All of this guarantees you a long-lasting museum quality work of art. As I produce these prints personally, they are of the highest quality.