So What is giclée and what are its advantages and disadvantages? The recent arrival of digital technology has confused the issue even further and now even the artists sometimes get it wrong. Prints have always been seen as the poor relations of paintings and drawings, and the terms original print, reproduction print, artist’s proof, limited and open editioned prints, printmaking as opposed to just printing and of course the various different types of prints and the plethora of technical terms (many in Italian or French!) haven’t helped.
The 21st Century printing innovation explained What is giclée? – archival quality ink jet printing