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(2005), "HP, Epson present fade resistant dye-based ink-jet inks", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 34 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2005.12934bad.002
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
HP, Epson present fade resistant dye-based ink-jet inks
HP, Epson present fade resistant dye-based ink-jet inks
Keywords: Dyes, Inks, Printing industry
While pigmented ink-jet inks have increasingly been used for better light and gas fade resistance of photographic prints, dye-based systems, still superior to pigments in terms of brilliance and colour gamut, apparently are on their way back up. Both Hewlett Packard and Seiko Epson presented fade resistance studies of their new generations of dye-based ink-jet ink systems during the NIP 20 Conference on Digital printing last week. While HPs new ink system was shown to be capable to achieve greater than 100 years of predicted light fastness, Epson's new ink generation claims to feature up to 18 years of predicted ozone fastness on porous glossy photo paper – a vast improvement over the previous generation inks. More information on these developments, plus further highlighted reports from the NIP 20 can be found in a special issue of Jet-Age, the biweekly electronic newsletter focusing on ink-jet materials developments (http://coatings.de/jet-age)