Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote:
>> ... HP's new 8-cart 13" pigment
>> printer, Vivera pigment inks and new papers (glossy and matte).
>> They are claiming best longevity, ...
> 
> In that past I'd heard that the bubble jet heads could not pump the higher
> viscosity inks needed for pigments.  Now Canon and HP announce pigment
> printers at the same time.  Has there been an advance in the technology?
> If so, what was it?
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 

Encads and HPs have had pigment inks for years already in the 
wide format market, Canon has it for 6 months in teh market 
with the W8400P. It could be that the new inks are more user 
friendly now and HP and Canon decided that it was usable for 
desktop models too.

Ernst

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           Ernst Dinkla


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