Accidents happen. A friend spills water while looking at your vacation pictures. Suddenly your photos—and
the memories they hold-are destroyed.
But now, thanks to innovative ink and paper technologies from HP, you can print your own water and smudge
resistant photos, making them safe for little fingers.
Get water resistant photos with the right inks and paper
HP papers and inks work together to give you long lasting, beautiful prints.
To get water and smudge resistant photos at home, make sure you print photos using
HP Advanced photo paper
combined with HP Vivera inks. They're specifically engineered to give you beautiful photos that withstand the
demands of real life.
HP Advanced photo paper has three key benefits:
It dries instantly-no waiting.
It's smudge resistant right out of the printer-so go ahead, pass those prints around.
It gives you water resistant prints with HP Vivera inks.
HP subjects photos to numerous tests to make sure they're truly water resistant.
HP papers and inks have to pass a battery of tests in order to be called water resistant—simulating
extreme versions of everyday accidents.
A print is splashed, and then the water gets wiped off. No smudges!
Using a standard household spray bottle, water is sprayed on a photo that's lying flat, and then
allowed to evaporate for 24 hours.
Water is dropped on a photo held at a 45 degree angle to see if that makes it run or smear.
Water is dropped on a print held at a 45 degree angle and wiped off with a weighted cotton cloth.
The result? HP Advanced photo paper, when paired with most HP Vivera ink cartridges, gives you beautiful, quick
drying, smudgeproof and water resistant photos that will make your memories last.
Take a free online class
in digital photography! Explore the many features of your digital camera, find tips for cropping and editing your
images, and discover new ideas for sharing your photos in creative ways.
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