Epson Century Iris K3 VM Pigment Ink: Descriptive Color Art

Today, large-format printers have successfully entered many fields such as imaging, digital proofing, photo printing, geographic information systems, and engineering drawing printing. With the diversification and deepening of applications, the large-format printers are particularly high-end represented by “Art MicrojetTM”. The video market places higher demands on the output quality, which means that the replacement of ink technologies that are closely related to the expression of color must keep pace with the times. A few days ago, a new generation of pigment ink, “Century Iridescent K3 VM” pigment ink developed by Epson, the world’s leading digital imaging company, was debuted. This product is based on the leading design concept and is realized by adding a magenta ink of higher color density. The overall optimization of the image color. At the same time, due to a dramatic breakthrough in the smooth transition of grayscale, color gamut expansion and the elimination of metamerism, the color performance of the new ink is not inferior to the 12 color product, although it is still an 8-color ink system. , While assisting large-format printers to jointly interpret visual arts, it also leads print output to a new era.

Expanding the new color gamut, image quality on the upper floor

The “Century Iris K3 VM” pigment ink has achieved remarkable results in the development of the regional color gamut, adopting a higher color density of magenta and light magenta inks, through the deployment of CMYK colors, in the magenta, red and blue regions. The color gamut has been greatly expanded, breaking the technical bottleneck of the reduction of several large spot colors such as Pepsi Blue and Barbie Pink that have been considered by the industry to be more difficult. In addition, the "Century Iris K3VM" pigment ink still continues to maintain the advantages of a smooth gray-scale transition, more accurate color control can be done. At the same time, the performance of the color gamut of glossy photo paper, rough paper, smooth art paper and other media is comparable to the existing 12-color ink system in the market.

In addition, since 12-color printing increases RGB color, the overall output effect is adjusted by controlling two color modes of CMYK and RGB, respectively. While 8-color printing ensures precise color reproduction without the need to control complex RGB colors, its simple color management program makes color control simpler. A new breakthrough in the development of this pigment-based ink chemistry will bring print output to a new era.

Precise color control, interpretation of "black and white art"

In the past, when printed devices were output in black and white, there were often problems such as insufficient color gradation and gray scales with color traces. The key is that the printer needs to use a large number of color inks to gray when rendering grayscale. Therefore, the driver must carefully balance the gray level and the gray purity, but the result is often both affected. The “Century Iris K3 VM” pigment ink continues the precise control of the gray balance of the previous generation “Century Iridescent K3” pigment ink, enabling a smooth gray-scale transition from a dark-colored area to a light-colored area, whether thick black or It is extremely light gray, and no color cast or distortion will appear. The optimized color stability makes the ICC curve production wait for only half an hour. The black and white art is vividly presented on paper.

Eliminate homochromatic spectra and reject gilding

As we all know, the phenomenon of "the same-color different spectrum" refers to the same color in different light sources, showing the color there is a certain difference. In industries such as digital proofing, color printing, art reproduction, video exhibitions and exhibitions, reducing "half-colored spectrum" phenomenon, people's visual perception of color can be as close to the original as possible, which has important commercial value and Practical significance. In industry standards, color deviations are generally represented by the magnitude of ΔE. The larger the value of ΔE, the more serious the color cast. Epson "Century Iris K3 VM" pigment ink, its ΔE <1, is much lower than the industry standard average of 3.6, has basically eliminated the "half-color" phenomenon. In addition, with the same works expressed by the "Century Iris K3 VM" pigment ink, no bronzing effect is observed at any point of view, and true WYSIWYG is achieved.

The "Century Iris K3 VM" pigment ink allows large-format printing to transcend the traditional image space and use a more art-like color language for expression. This is undoubtedly a huge leap forward for large-scale printing. In fact, the upgrading and expansion of any application requires technical support. Epson's debut of the “Century Iridescent K3 VM” pigment ink and the 64-inch wide-format printer Epson Stylus Pro 11880C, which was launched simultaneously with it, once again astonished people with the huge inkjet technology. At the same time, it also expands the application range of large-format printers from CAD/GIS, printing, and art photography to more challenging advertising graphics, art collections, and other high-end fields, based on deep cultivation in the inkjet field and technology. Innovation is assiduous, and we believe that Epson, who wants to make a difference in the large format market, will be able to walk faster and more steadily.