Pigmera ETX (Pigment) Bottle Gray

Pigmera^® ETX has been specifically developed for Photo printing with EcoTank photo printers.
These printer models come equipped from the factory with dye-based inks, with the exception of the pigment-based Matte-Black (e.g., in the ET-8500). While these inks produce beautiful photo prints, the drawback is that the dyes are not very light-stable over the long term. Prints will fade or experience color shifts when permanently exposed to daylight over a foreseeable period.

With Pigmera^® ETX, we have developed a product based entirely on 100% pigments, which, in conjunction with individually created ICC profiles, offers durable color prints with a wide color gamut. Using Pigmera^® ETX provides you with the ability to create long-lasting prints with EcoTank photo printers, whether for personal use or commercial purposes. For accurate color reproduction with Pigmera^® ETX pigment inks, it is recommended to use individual ICC profiles tailored to the specific printer/ink/paper combination.

Advantages of Pigmera^® ETX

• Based on 100% pigment ink, so the prints are stable for many years. (When using archival papers)
• Suitable for the creation of prints on fineart / artist papers (requires individual ICC profiles)
• Prints of neutral grayscale prints on matte papers are possible (requires individual ICC profiles)

Printing Black & White with ET-8550, ET-8500

Printing of black and white photos yields good results only on purely matte papers for printer models equipped with the ink configuration MK, PK, C, M, Y, GY. Not suitable are all papers with glossy or reflective surfaces (such as Glossy, Semigloss, Semimatt, Pearl, Satin, Baryta, etc.). Due to technical limitations, printing entirely or partially black and white photos on glossy media is not recommended, as it leads to disruptive color reflections caused by the glossy paper surface.

Printing Black & White with ET-18100

For printer models equipped with the ink configuration MK/PK, C, LC, M, LM, Y, Pigmera^® ETX is not suitable for grayscale printing.

Compatible printer models

• Epson^® EcoTank ET-8550
• Epson^® EcoTank ET-8500
• Epson^® EcoTank ET-18100
• Epson^® EcoTank L18050, L8050

Below are some important informations

Pigmera ETX^® should ideally filled into an Ecotank printer with clean ink tanks. Mixing with other inks should be avoided. In the case of an already used Ecotank printer, the existing dye ink of the individual tanks can be removed almost completely and replaced with our pigmented color ink. There should be some technical understanding and manual skill for this process.

In the case of pigment inks for printing on matte papers, the "Matte-Black" color channel is used to create a deep black. Therefore, for the printer models ET-8500 and ET-8550, the rear single-sheet paper feed must be used.

For color-accurate prints, individual ICC profiles are needed for each photo and fine art paper.