A giclée (zhee-CLAY) print is an individually produced, high-resolution, high-tech reproduction done on a special large format printer. Giclée prints are produced from digital scans of existing artwork.

Giclée prints are superior to traditional lithography in nearly every way. The colors are brighter, last longer, and are so high-resolution that they are virtually "continuous tone", rather than tiny dots. The range, or "gamut" of color for a giclée print is far beyond that of lithography and details are crisper.

Giclée prints were originally developed as a proofing system for traditional lithographic printing presses. It soon became apparent that the presses were having a hard time delivering the quality and brilliant color of the giclée proofs. Lithography uses tiny dots of four colors--cyan, magenta, yellow and black--to fool the eye into seeing various hues and shades. Colors are "created" by printing different size dots of these four colors.