A Giclée ("properly" pronounced zhee-clay and sometimes spelled "Gyclée", "Glycée" or "Glicée", or without the accents) is the highest apparent resolution fine art print available today, made with state of the art printing technologies. The term is a neologism derived from a French root meaning squirting or spraying of ink – this is because the patented printing technology forms the image by squirting microscopically fine ink droplets on the medium, usually somewhere around 1,800 dots per inch. A small sized print can easily include about 20 billion ink droplets. The inks must be specially formulated and compatible with the extreme fineness of the printer head. The fine printer head sprays out microscopic droplets that vary in size and density, similar to the size, density and variation found in red blood cells. This increases the precision of the image, the apparent resolution, and the color spectrum. It also allows a more finely differentiated palette and smoother gradient transitions. In addition, since no screens are used, the prints have a higher apparent resolution than lithographs and a color range that exceeds that of serigraphy. Lithographs and other traditional printing methods are usually based on a 4 color inkset. Our Giclée printers use 8 colors of ink (cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow, black, light black, and light light black). The different colors of ink mix on the surface of the paper or canvas, so the colors are bright and uniform, even when examined up close.

The most commonly-used printer models are manufacterd by Epson, Canon, Eastman, Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, ITNH Ixia, Mimaki, Mutoh, ColorSpan, and Roland DGA. The paper or canvas used for Giclée printing is specially prepared to accept the type of printing mechanism and ink-set. Epson, Hahnemuhle, St Cuthberts, and Lyson produce thoroughly tested papers and canvas. A wide variety of substrates is available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolor paper, cotton canvas, or artist textured vinyl. Epson, Iris and Lyson supply many of the most highly-rated ink-sets.

Our giclée printing system typically combines the new Ultra-Chrome K3 pigmented inkset from Epson with Epson's Enhanced Matte heavy weight archival paper. We also use other types of fine art paper and canvas for other limited edition prints and projects.