Heirarchy of print media

My question: What consitutes an archival fine art print and what's the best way of educating your art savvy client on this matter?

In my research, it appears a giclee print is the finest quality print possible today. In order to qualify as a giclee from my understanding, it has to 1) be printed on natural fiber paper, 2) use pigmented inks and 3) printed on an inkjet printer.

I have seen other printers call their prints Fine Art Prints or Giclees without meeting all the criteria.

For example, Miller's Lab uses Epson Ultra Chrome pigmented ink and prints using inkjet printers (meeting 2 of the 3 criteria). However, they use Kodak Endura paper which is not a natural fiber paper.

So, is there an official term for these prints that use pigmented inks, are printed with an inkjet printer but not on a natural fiber paper?

Prints on Kodak Metallic paper are printed using a laser printer. These don't meet any of the giclee criteria. Is there an official term/description for these prints that are still archival but not a giclee?Their life is rated at 80 years, similar to the prints on Kodak Endura.

When I think of the term "Fine Art" print, I think of a giclee as being the highest form of quality, i.e. museum quality. I'd just like to know what term to use for the prints that fall outside of the giclee critera but are still archival & high quality.

Thanks for any feedback.

Hmm, from a read of the Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e

The term was coined in '91, but over the 20 years doesn't seem to have been nailed down a heck of a lot and I see no hint of a hierarchy.

Part of things I'd imagine is that printers, papers and inks have become so widespread, and who on earth is in a position to both judge what printers, papers and inks "qualify", and also, what qualifies to be part of the hierarchy?

Seemingly nobody, so it seems to be generally a pigment inkjet printer printing a gallery-size print on "fine art" paper that maybe (or maybe not) should be "natural fiber", although is saw one reference to some kind of vinyl surface...?

Here's a blog that came up in my Google search:

http://fineartrep.word​press.com …/09/whats-a-giclee-print/

Toward the end of the article there are three links (including the Wikipedia link) for recommended further reading.