This printing process is a result of the higher technology that is currently available to us. Giclée (zhee-clay) is a French term, in this case meaning "spray of ink." The original artwork is scanned and digitized, putting it into a form where it can be color corrected and proofed on a computer. The printer uses a continuous tone technology in which infinitely small pixels of color are capable of rendering an amazingly smooth and consistent image directly onto the acid free archival paper. Once completed, a 17"x 22" image is comprised of almost 10 billion droplets of the most archival water-based inks available in the world.
