What are Giclée Prints?

Most posters are made by photographing the original art, producing an 8 X 10 transparency and then the transparency is scanned.  This two-step process removes the print from the original.  In the giclée process, the prints are scanned life size into a digital capture system and then printed.  This creates very high fidelity.  This is the same system used by the National Archives, the Smithsonian and Harvard when reproducing their original art works.  Because of the quality of the scan and the printing process, the reproduction is an accurate, sharp duplicate of the original’s image and coloring.

The giclée printing process is the highest quality reproduction process on the market.  It is a digital print making process using non-fading inks that have a life expectancy in excess of 100 years.