Did you know that Kodak chose pigments instead of colouring substances in their printers for the same reason that outdoor paints and carpets are colored with pigments?
Why would the Kodak pigmented ink use when anyone dye-based ink to choose? well, it is easier to dye-based ink-trains in home inkjet printers that does not mean that it is the best choice for the consumer.
Go to the store to buy paint for your home.Outdoor paint pigments used, no colorings.That's because pigments are much more stable to light and other environmental factors than dyes. If you have your home with a dye-based paint painted, you have to paint it all the time. Cars are painted with pigments, curtains and blankets are also coloured with pigments.
Carpets are colored with pigments for colour fastness
Go to the Art Museum and look at the beautiful artwork of the masters. All pigmented ink. Maybe there were some great images painted with paint, but we'll never know, because they are a long time ago have faded.
So, if you are designing a printing system that your customer can print most cherished photos, why use inks that are susceptible to fade?* Kodak decided that if we're going to get into the inkjet business, we have the "no excuse photo", even if we had to invent technology to get there .... and we did. we learned how to the mill of the smallest pigments in the industry to give us confidence in our printers, we learned how to stabilise the pigments with polymers to the print durable to treat and we show improved stability when on porous paper printed. This is what you can to get that instant dry print as soon as it comes out of the printer!
Kodak pigmented ink also result in images that last a lifetime ** an external evaluation by a leading industry expert, Kodak inkjet prints has defined as "Best in class" for image permanence. *** Kodak technology delivers images that the industry in sustainability and durability. all this and Kodak still has the replacement of the lowest total cost in the ink to ***, the customer wins!Great price, great quality!
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Disclaimers
* Based on independent third party print durability and internal unprotected ozone resistance print durability comparison studies, on select printer models, between dye-based ink and pigment ink applied to microporous media (excluding HP Premium and Premium Plus photo paper), is not protected under glass.Printer models evaluated include the Kodak ESP 7, HP Photosmart C6380, Canon Pixma MP620, Epson Artisan 800 x 6650, Lexmark and Brother MFC-5490CN, may 2009.
** Under all common consumer display and storage environments. Based on testing by Wilhelm Imaging Research (WIR).
*** Of Kodak Inkjet Printer line has been extensively tested by a leading independent sustainability-test laboratory, WIR (Wilhelm Imaging Research). According to the results of the industry's first five-factor test audiovisual sustainability achieved by WIR, Kodak AiO Printers and ink the highest level of overall printing durability of all current consumer desktop printer system. detailed information about the sustainability of Kodak pigment inks and printing documents is available from Wilhelm Imaging Research: http://www.wilhelm-research.com/kodak/esp5250.html.werkelijke results may vary.
**** Compared with leading consumer inkjet printers total ink tax replacement costs using manufacturers recommended standard ink cartridges available in some amount of prizes (i.e. no multi-packs, high capacity, combo packs, value packs or special promotions); Connect printers that use only one cartridge. based on independent third price survey data obtained from June 2010.