KNOWING THE QUALITY

OF YOUR PRINT

What is Giclee Canvas Print?

(Pronounced Zhee-Clay) The French term for “fine spray”, no printing film or plates are involved

in the giclee printing process. Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with

archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper.

The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other traditional lithograph and poster

reproductions. The quality of the print is extremely high and the color saturation is visually stunning.

Processed on canvas, the end result is a lush and velvety art print; one that has the look and texture of a

fine original. Giclée prints are now widely shown and distributed throughout the world.

The main reasons for the acceptance of the Giclée print and its notable growth is its quality.

As with other fine art printing processes, the artist approves “proofs” of the art print to insure that the

right tone, depth and color is produced. Each print is then signed and numbered (s/n) by the artist.

Limited edition giclee prints are more valuable than an open series which has no limit in the number

of reproductions that may be produced.

What is the difference between

a Giclee and a Canvas Transfer?

A canvas transfer is a print that is printed first on paper on an offset lighographic press.

Then the paper print is soaked in a chemical bath that lifts the image in a gel-based layer from the paper,

and then applied to a piece of canvas to which it adheres. These are usually

“open-edition” prints, thus they are not signed and numbered by the artist.