RE: Giclee vs other names

On Inkjetart.com they prefer to call archival inkjet print "permanent
pigment prints"

Chris

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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Giclee vs other names
> From: Murray Leshner <murrayatuptowngallery@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, December 13, 2005 8:10 pm
> To: pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
> 
> I believe the person who asserts to have comeup with
> the term "giclee" is a member of this list, or maybe
> cameramakers; I can't remember, so this is not a
> personal dig at him...
> 
> I am curious what other terms are widely accepted to
> refer to this process.
> 
> Urban legend has it that calling these prints inkjet
> or limiting them to "Iris print" when other
> manufacturers than "Iris" began making such printers,
> a more 'artsy' name was needed.
> 
> However, I understand French speakers find the term
> inappropriate because it is a sexual term. Whether
> impolite or not, the question has been raised in some
> circles, academic and otherwise about a term without
> dual meaning that English speakers can use in all
> social circumstances without sounding like 'rookies'
> or worse.
> 
> If there are any French-speakers out there, what do
> YOU recommend?
> 
> I currently stumble over 'digital archival print' but
> don't hide the fact that they are inkjet also...it
> would be nice to know if they are pigment, dye,
> whatever, but it seems that many people don't know if
> they don't make it themself (as  is likely in this
> group, but not among purchasers/collectors).
> 
> Murray
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