I am a bit confused about the comments here referring to the printing 
of these 'gicl�es'.

Gicl�es are not lithographs. They are exclusively (I am almost 
certain of this) printed using inkjet technology. This can be 
anything from an Iris printer down to a desktop inkjet. But it is not 
a litho printer. Many gicl�es are printed on Epson printers nowadays, 
though I much prefer the look of the endurachrome dyes on my 
Colorspan 11 colour inkset.

As far as I am aware, all inkjets (all those I have worked with, 
though I stand to be corrected regarding inkjets with which I have no 
experience) prefer to receive RGB files. They then convert the file 
to CMYK for printing using their CMYK inks. I have run 12 colours on 
my Colorspan (CccMmmYKROGB) and still it required an RGB file. 
Sending a CMYK file to this printer results in a dull print. Inkjets 
that receive CMYK files convert them to RGB so that it can deal with 
them, and then back to CMYK for printing. As you observed, if you 
send a CMYK file to your printer, you are already sending a much 
reduced gamut file, and wasting the potential of these printers.

Regards,

Ellie


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Ellie Kennard
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