Epson UltraChrome® K3 ink - light, shade and everything in-between
Epson UltraChrome® K3 ink creates exciting new possibilities for photographic and print professionals with a superior level of printing precision, durability and quality, plus three levels of black. The results are an unrivalled black and white capability and strong vibrancy that far exceeds any work produced from conventional colour printers. So how are these made possible?
The science behind Epson UltraChrome® K3 Ink
- Epson UltraChrome® K3 ink's pigment ensures you get superior black and white and colour photographs under any light conditions.
- Until now, light colour inks have been used to produce grey mid-tones and highlights. Epson UltraChrome® K3 ink significantly improves overall grey balance, eliminating colour casts with the introduction of a new colour - Light Light Black - which produces denser blacks minus colour twists or tone jumps.
- Three black tones achieve a more stable and accurate grey balance, which also allow for more accurate colour control due to the smaller amount of colour ink used. This means there is minimum retouching so colours stay faithful to the original image.
- The high density pigments of Epson UltraChrome® K3 ink help to produce prints with an extremely wide colour gamut, so you can reproduce the exact colours seen when you captured the image. Each drop is also resin-coated to achieve superb longevity and durability, smooth colour control and virtually no metamerism, ideal for use with fine art media and speciality paper.
- A further innovation of Epson UltraChrome® K3 ink is that the standard of black and white printing is raised, so skin tones come alive while shadows reveal subtleties lost on other printers. The three black inks and low saturation inks - such as Light Cyan and Light Magenta - allow for subtle colour toning. Professional photographers producing black and white images will appreciate this, but anyone using Epson Ultrachrome® K3 ink will also see the benefits.
