Next
Generation
Former pigment of EPSON
Color Fast Ink.
EPSON UltraChrome™ Ink
Sub-micro particles supports
brilliant colour reproduction.
High density ink helps
reproduce brilliant colour.
Higher Ink Density
with Greater Media
Flexibility
Compared to previous pigment
ink, EPSON UltraChrome™ Ink
has double the quantity of
pigment particles in the ink.
This enables reproduction of
brilliant colour comparable to
general offset printing and silver
halide photography. Additionally
it enables exceptional image
quality on a greater range of
media including fine art papers,
canvas and other matte finish
media, including newsprint.
Wider Colour
Gamut
UltraChrome™ Ink reproduces
an extremely wide colour gamut,
rivaling that of today’s dye based
ink technologies. As a result,
high quality and consistent inkjet
contract quality proofs can be
output on demand, and at a
fraction of the cost of more
traditional methods. Using the
new EPSON UltraChrome™ Ink
set, the STYLUS™ PRO 7600 &
9600 are able to easily
reproduce the colour gamut of
most printing presses, silver
halide photography, while also
matching worldwide industry
proofing standards.
Excellent Colour
Stability - making
it ideal for digital
proofing
When EPSON UltraChrome™
Ink comes into contact with the
substrate, the ink vehicle quickly
separates from the pigment
particles as these are absorbed
deep into the media. As a result,
colours become resistant to
change and stabilise in a shorter
time. Superior short-term
colour stability ideal for digital
proofing has now been realised.
This enables high-precision
digital proofing, and a
speeding-up of operations.
Superb
Waterfastness
Dye based ink contains water-
soluble colourant, the colourant
dissolves when coming in
contact with water. Since
UltraChrome™ Ink is an all
pigment base ink set each print
produced will display a superb
water resistance whether in
monochrome or colour.
Superior
Lightfastness
The pigment colourant improves
light or gas resistance. Since the
pigment colourant exists in the
form of a particle, only the
surface is affected by light
or gas, therefore the colour
inside remains vivid. EPSON
UltraChrome™ Ink utilises
this property of pigment
ink effectively achieving
superior lightfastness.
Pigment Ink Technology -
UltraChrome
™
Ink
EPSON UltraChrome
™
Ink is one of the most
exciting advancements made in inkjet printing.
Achieving superb colour expression, high ink
density, excellent colour stability and superior
light and water resistance. UltraChrome
™
Ink
reaches a new height in colour reproduction
through applying the latest advancements
in pigment ink technology and utilising the
characteristics of conventional pigment ink.
EURO Scale vs EPSON STYLUS™ PRO 9600 / 7600
STYLUS™ PRO 9600 / 7600 +
Proofing Paper Semimatte
EURO Scale
0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
12
24
EPSON Dye
Based Ink
(Matte Paper)
Stabilises gradually
EPSON
UltraChrome™
Ink
(Semigloss Paper)
Stabilises in a short term
Hours
DEL
TA E
Dye Based Ink
With dye based ink, the component will dissolve
in water and ink will spread.
EPSON UltraChrome
™
Ink
Both black and colour inks proved to be extremely
high water resistant.
inn vations
Estimated Indoor Lightfastness
SP-9600/7600 UltraChrome™ Ink
Media Type
Display Life
Premium Glossy Photo Paper 250gsm
70 years
Premium Semimatte Photo Paper 250gsm
25 years
Premium Luster Photo Paper
25 years
Photo Grade Glossy Paper
25 years
Photo Grade Semigloss Paper
25 years
Proofing Paper Semimatte
25 years
Enhanced Matte Paper
75 years
Doubleweight Matte Paper
75 years
Textured Fine Art Paper
75 years
Glossy Paper - Photo Weight
45 years
Enhanced Synthetic Paper
35 years
Extremely High Archivability
Original particle
When gas/light is
applied to particle
Particle still retains
its colour in the
centre even after the
outer colour fades.
