Giclée, French
for "spray of ink" is a unique alternative method of fine art reproduction.
The photographic Giclée prints in The Beatles in India collection
represent a pioneering edge in the world of printmaking. Each original
1968 Ektachrome transparency image was first scanned into a computer,
digitizing its information. Each image was then color corrected
and cleaned-up using specially designed software. This allowed us
to render each image as precisely as the day it was taken.
Our Giclée prints are made by Colorspan's high-performance Design-Winder printer on museum quality Arches Cold Press archival watercolor paper using Endurochrome dyes. These dye sets have been formulated by the same scientists who gave us Azo dyes, which comprise the well known Cibachrome technology. To create each Giclée, the printer's precision mechanical arm, with 384 microscopic ink jets, sprays five layers-using eight dye colors.
Independent testing by the Wilhelm Institute in Germany has shown that our combination of paper and dyes achieve a Giclée archival rating of 75 to 80 years—more than twice the rated life-span of a Cibachrome print.