…an attendee approached me with a question I’ve been asked a hundred times before. “Are these water-based inks or pigment inks?” I gave my usual response, “Well, both—actually,” then launched into an explanation about ink formulation theory, the history of inkjet printing, and the correct application for ink types. He proceeded to tell me I… Continue reading How Dye-based Inks Are Different from Pigment Inks
The grim economic picture darkened further today with news that the price of ink for printer cartridges has reached an all time high of $1000 a barrel on the New York futures exchange. The world’s most traded commodity has seen a steady rise in price over recent months due to supply problems, increased demand from… Continue reading Printer Ink Tops $1000 A Barrel
New cost-of-ink-per-page analysis of ink cartridges is a new way for customers to estimate their printing costs. QualityLogic, a company providing quality assurance and control services, reported it had completed Cost-of-Ink-Per-Page (CoIPP) Analysis for the Eastman Kodak Company. CoIPP Analysis uses cartridge cost and page-yield to calculate and compare the cost of ink required to… Continue reading Results of “Cost-of-Ink-Per-Page” Analysis Favor Kodak Inks
Recent study show customers have no basis for comparison when buying printers, which results in $6 billion overpay on ink every year. The American Consumer Institute released a new white paper entitled “Inkjet Prices, Printing Costs and Consumer Welfare” disclosing pricing strategies adopted within the inkjet industry. This is the first document made by public… Continue reading Study Finds Consumers Overpay For Printer Ink Tremendously
In February, 2006, Epson filed a complaint against 24 US, Korean, German, and Chinese companies that were importing and selling ink cartridges violating Epson’s patents. In March, 2007, The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the Initial Determination that found all 11 patents belonging to Seiko Epson Corporation to be valid and all ink cartridges at… Continue reading Epson Cuts Ink Cartridges Importers Off The US
American scientists please us with another achievement in printing technology. They found a new method printing finely-detailed microscopic images with an enzyme instead of ink. The new method known as microcontact printing and reported to have a wide application for rapidly transferring high-resolution images onto large surfaces. However, current nanoscale printing technology depends on the… Continue reading A Substitute For Printing Ink is Found
This post may be interesting to you if you own a Canon or Epson inkjet printer and still can’t decide whether to use genuine of compatible inks to print your photos. This post will, probably, make you feel disappointed if own a Canon or Epson inkjet printer and chose compatible inks to capture the moments… Continue reading Genuine Inks Last Longer
Studies, researches and surveys… how little we would knew without them. Another test of ink cartridges efficiency was commissioned by TÜV Rheinland for Epson. The idea of the test was to find out how much ink is actually wasted every time a cartridge is thrown away. The thing is, many inkjet printer and multifunctions use… Continue reading People Throw More Than 50% of Ink Away, Epson says