Digital BW, The Print

> > 
> > >Giclee print IMO is just a more noble word for "inkjet" print - 
> comes from 
> > >french word "giclée" (bubble) - was originally used for the IRIS 
> printer, 
> > >nowadays sometimes used for "fine art prints".
> > 
> > Not quite. The French official translation is "to spurt, as of 
> blood or 
> > water" and obviously refers to the action of the Piezo heads 
> spurting ink 
> > onto the paper using an inkjet printer. Unfortunately there is 
also 
> a 
> > very vulgar connotation to the term in local slang, so I would 
> avoid 
> > using it in France. Yeah, the Iris folks coined the term for 
their 
> fine 
> > art prints - guess they were searching for a hoity-toity foreign 
> sounding 
> > name so as not to use the word "inkjet"...but they should have 
done 
> a bit 
> > more research  (g).
> > 

But to answer the original question - No it's not true to say the a 
desktop printed image is 'Giclee'. In order to 'giclee' it follows 
that pressure must be applied to the fluid. I don't think a dripping 
tap could be said to be squirting. (if you follow the analogy.)

DH