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Giclee Printing and Fine Art Prints

Giclee pronounced 'Zhee clay' comes from the French word gicler, which means to spurt. It is an invented name by printmaker James Duganne in the 1990's. Giclee is an art process by making fine art prints from an inkjet printer. Jack Duganne worked with Iris Proof Printers the first ink jet printers to produce fine art prints. The Iris printers are large format printers and were used for proofing and colour matching. They produced excellent colour accuracy and could print on arrange of mediums li...

Piezo and Bubblejet Inkjet Printers

There is a fundamental divide in the inkjet printer industry, piezoelectric printers such as Epson (Mutoh/Roland/Mimaki), vs Canon/HP/Lexmark using bubblejet technology.An inkjet printer has an ink reservoir that connects to a firing chamber that is attached to a nozzle - where the ink droplet emerges. The difference between the two technologies lies in the firing chamber.Piezoelectric crystals are pretty amazing things, when you put an electric charge across them they change shape and they can ...