On Mar 31, 2006, at 4:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been getting as much for ink-jet prints as I ever got for optical prints. More, in fact. However, I don't call them ink-jet prints. Taking a clue from the pricey galleries, I call them giclee prints. The term "giclee" merely means a print created with a spray of liquid. It's accurate, if a bit pretentious. But people enjoy a bit of pretention every now and then. Particularly when they're opening their pocketbooks.
Isn't it silly how much difference a name makes? I've found galleries reluctant to hang or sell inkjet prints. Give the same print a French name that means "spurt" and they love it. Sort of like the days when sheared lamb coats were sold in the USA at high prices and called "mouton"! It's still sheared lamb and inkjet in the real world.
Galleries are really only concerned that their customers don't come screaming back in a year with a faded print.
Bob
