DIGITAL PHOTO IMAGERY |
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Science in the Service of Art |
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DIGITAL FINE ART PRINTING |
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| The Jargon |
| Gicl'ee: (Fr. "a spraying of ink") A fine art print created on a digital ink jet printer, including Iris. Also a common term for fine art digital prints. Digital Fine Art Print: A fine art print made by any digital process. Inkjet Print: A general designation for the large class of printers used to print computer images. Inkjet printers make use of extremely small nozzles to deliver exact amounts of pigment to precise locations on the paper. Iris Print: An type of inkjet print printed from an Iris printer. Enough said. Scanning: The process of converting a transparency, negative, slide, original image or print to a digital file. Archival Inks: Inks used in fine art reproduction that have been optimized for permanence. Piezography™BW: Carbon-black pigment inks. Archival Paper: A paper with long-standing qualities, acid free, lignin free, usually with good dynamic range. Archival: Be careful with this term! Its perceived meaning is "such & such will last for a hundred years" or something similar. In actual fact, there is no real definition of the term... and seems to be used as a label with great promise for that reason by manufacturers. In reality as a sales tool it is easier to say, Archival, rather than, Long Life Expectancy, which interests us all. Silver Gelatin Print: Silver print is a generic term referring to all prints made on paper coated with silver salts. Most contemporary black and white photographs are silver prints. D.P.I. (dots per inch): Has become a dangerous generic term because it is easy to use during the sales pitch. |