The Seventh Colour -
Light Black
The EPSON STYLUS™ PRO 7600 & 9600 are
both equipped with a new ink colour - light
black. This colour greatly improves the printers
grey balance, reduces graininess and increases
detailed gradations, especially in the low to
medium density areas.
When light black, which is one third (
1
/
3
) the
density of normal black ink, is used in place of
cyan, magenta, and black dots, it becomes
possible to obtain superb subtle gradations and
reduce graininess to a point where there are no
signs of inkjet technology.
This improved way of producing colour and
black & white printing, allows for a truly neutral
greyscale image with no colour “cross over”
effects, as well as producing warm or cold
greyscale prints using all seven colours.
Three User
Exchangeable Black
Ink Modes
EPSON UltraChrome
™
Ink technology
gives users the capabilities to
optimise the printers black ink
density by simply exchanging the
black ink cartridge for another. The
black ink densities for both the
EPSON STYLUS
™
PRO 7600 & 9600
can be optimised depending on the
media type and printing applications,
guaranteeing maximum print quality
on a wide variety of printing stocks.
Photo Black Mode
(Photo Black +
Light Black)
Optimised for glossy media surfaces
such as: EPSON Premium Luster
Photo Paper, EPSON Proofing Semi-
matte Paper and EPSON Premium
Glossy Photo Paper. This mode is
suitable for photography, digital
proofing, short run poster printing,
graphic design and mapping.
Matte Black Mode
(Matte Black +
Light Black)
With three (3) times the density of
previous black inks this mode is
optimised for matte surface media
such as: EPSON Enhanced Matte
Paper, EPSON Smooth and
Textured Fine Art Papers and
EPSON Watercolor Paper. This
mode is suitable for fine art
reproduction, photography, short
run poster printing, graphic design,
computer-aided-design and
newspaper proofing.
Dual Black Mode
(Matte Black +
Matte Black)
Optimised for printing onto
plain papers such as:
newsprint and plain bond
paper. This six-colour mode is
recommended where print
speed is favoured over image
quality. Suitable for newspaper
proofing and black and white
intensive CAD drawings.
EPSON UltraChrome
™
Ink adds light black to the
conventional six colours of Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow, Black, Light Magenta & Light Cyan. This
seven colour ink set is designed to produce the
world’s most exciting monochrome and colour
inkjet prints – ever seen!
In addition, the availability of a Matte Black Ink
(exchangeable with Photo Black Ink) expands the
scope of the printer’s applications to business.
The
7th Colour
- Light Black
