Epson ink Cartridges – DURAbrite inks December 04, 2007 15:08 by John Sollars
Epson ink Cartridge – Epson DURAbrite™ Ultra ink
Epson's DURAbrite™ Ultra ink are pigmented inks and is the latest formulation in their long running development of pigmented inks. The products offer a superb solution for the SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) user enabling users to print high quality output on low cost plain paper, but also have the opportunity of utilising higher quality media for photographic quaity prints. Along with Epsons multi-cartridge design which enables users to only replace the colour that has run out meaning minimal running costs for the printer owner.
The Benefits of Pigmented inks:
- Sharp text and graphics on plain paper
- Brighter colours
- Smudge resistant prints
- Fade Resistant prints
- Touch Dry instantly
Epson DURAbrite™ Ulta inks are now widely used across the full range of printers which include:
Epson Stylus DX4000 series
Epson Stylus DX5000 series
Epson Stylus DX6000 series
Epson DURAbrite™ Ultra ink uses a microencapsulation technology which means that each pigment particle is encased in a resin. A unique polymer pulls the particles apart so that they are suspended in the solution and never coagulate. The ink base then helps the ink pigment particles penetrate into the paper. Traditionally pigmented ink particles rest on the top of the paper and so do not wet the paper fibres which enables 'bleeding' across a page. Epson's DURAbrite™ Ultra ink uses an innovative technology which means that the ink particles 'rest' near the surface of the paper and are not absorbed by the fibres. It produces much smaller ink droplets than dye based products, resulting in sharper output on plain paper and this applies to both text and graphics.
DURAbrite™ Ultra ink also benefits from a technology that controls the penetration level of the ink and keeps the colourant near the surface, so you don't get prints bleeding through to the backside of the paper. Additionally, output on palin and matte papers is optimised with a higher optical density which offers darker black printing
