Giclee printing

Hello, long time since I was around these parts However, I'm back (no groans please) with an ulterior motive. An Art-dealer friend and I are currently engaged in a hush-hush project to start a web business selling Fine Art prints and Limited Edition Photographs. Damn I've said too much already. Anyway were were wondering, has anyone here got any experience of Giclee prints? Are they really as good as they are cracked up to be and worth the premium?

Good to have you back Tim. Can't help with your question though, sorry.

Thanks Pete, I'll try and hang around longer than my last visit! (OK, it was more of a haunting than a visit!)

TBH I've never liked the look of Giclee prints at all - sort of mushy. Good to see you back.

No idea about the giclee prints, but again, nice to see you back.

Dan

Thanks guys

Giclee - another name for ink jet printing, isn't it?
It is supposed to be better ink and process than desktop printers. But a rose by any other name....

Giclee is nothing more than a clever marketing word...a fancy word that means nothing more than 'ink jet' roughly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e

...people who make 'art prints' use the word giclee to try and give the (often false) impression that the prints are somehow special...