The term giclée originated in 1991 with Jack Duganne who coined the term to refer to fine art prints created with digital output.  It was intended to be a word which would be added to the lexicon of printmaking terms in the vocabulary of fine art printmaking.  It’s derivation comes from the word "gicleur", the French word for "nozzle".  Gicler is the French verb "to spray" (as from a nozzle) and thus the direct object of the "spraying nozzle" would be giclée as most digital printers today use nozzles to direct ink onto a substrate. The main intention of the word giclée was to distinguish "fine art prints" from those created for non-art or commercial purposes. 

To date, most giclées have been made with Iris inkjet technology. However, recently introduced alternative inkjet technologies are also producing beautiful and archival results.

Image permanence is a concern to artists and collectors, as is correct color reproduction. Fermin personally color corrects each image and oversees color production on each of his giclées.  They are printed with archival inks on Arches archival paper in limited editions.