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| The secret of rich, realistic photo prints? There isn’t just one… |
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| It’s a variety of elements—the number and size of ink droplets, how they’re layered and mixed on a specialty paper, and the quality of the ink—that really make the pictures come alive. |
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| Under the microscope |
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| For life-like photos, size and placement of ink drops matter. |
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HP starts every shade of colour with a drop 1/3 the width of a human hair—a picoliter. That's a millionth of a millionth of a liter. |
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That drop is then mixed precisely with another drop.
And another and another and another: An HP cartridge
manages 500 microscopic nozzles that place 40 million
picoliters on a 4" x 6" print. |
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Nozzle accuracy is crucial to creating sharp, clear pictures. HP printers blast 36,000 drops of ink per second to produce stellar results. And shooting a drop of ink right next to another is like trying to drop a nickel into a paper cup … from a skyscraper. |
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| The link to ink |
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| True to the origin of their name—which means life and longevity—HP’s new Vivera inks combine the best output colour and fade resistance. |
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Most dyes can’t deliver good colour and good fade resistance; HP co-develops exclusive dyes for vivid colour on plain and specialty papers, as well as extended fade resistance on HP photo papers. |
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The use of dyes, rather than pigments, provides an exceptionally smooth high-gloss finish on glossy photo papers for brilliant, three-dimensional image quality. |
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The dyes are formulated with a proprietary chemical structure that prevents deterioration by screening out light and pollutants. |
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| 8 is enough |
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| Many printers use either four or six colour inks—HP set the bar (again!) with its 8-colour inkjet printers. |
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The two new colours aren't really colours—they're lighter and darker neutral shades of gray. |
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As if two new colours weren't enough, each printed pixel can combine 32 superfine ink droplets for up to 72.9 million colours. |
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The result is dazzling, vibrant images with improved shadow detail, better colour accuracy, and even sharper images that last even longer*. |
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| *Up to 108 years, based
on Wilhelm-Research.com light-fade testing under glass
using the HP 97 Tri-colour and the HP 99 Photo Inkjet
Print Cartridges on HP Premium Plus Photo Papers. For
more information on additional permanence testing factors,
visit this
site. |
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