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The secret of rich, realistic photo prints? There isn’t just one…
 
It’s a variety of elements—the number and size of ink droplets, how they’re layered and mixed on a specialty paper, and the quality of the ink—that really make the pictures come alive.

Under the microscope

Under microscope


For life-like photos, size and placement of ink drops matter.


  • HP starts every shade of color with a drop 1/3 the width of a human hair—a picoliter. That's a millionth of a millionth of a liter.
  • That drop is then mixed precisely with another drop. And another and another and another: An HP cartridge manages 500 microscopic nozzles that place 40 million picoliters on a 4" x 6" print.
  • Nozzle accuracy is crucial to creating sharp, clear pictures. HP printers blast 36,000 drops of ink per second to produce stellar results. And shooting a drop of ink right next to another is like trying to drop a nickel into a paper cup … from a skyscraper.


The link to ink

Link to ink

True to the origin of their name—which means life and longevity—HP’s new Vivera inks combine the best output color and fade resistance.


  • Most dyes can’t deliver good color and good fade resistance; HP co-develops exclusive dyes for vivid color on plain and specialty papers, as well as extended fade resistance on HP photo papers.
  • The use of dyes, rather than pigments, provides an exceptionally smooth high-gloss finish on glossy photo papers for brilliant, three-dimensional image quality.
  • The dyes are formulated with a proprietary chemical structure that prevents deterioration by screening out light and pollutants.


12 is enough

8 is enough
Many printers use either four or six color inks—HP set the bar (again!) with its 12-color inkjet printers.

  • The two new colors aren't really colors—they're lighter and darker neutral shades of gray.
  • As if two new colors weren't enough, each printed pixel can combine 32 superfine ink droplets for up to 72.9 million colors.
  • The result is dazzling, vibrant images with improved shadow detail, better color accuracy, and even sharper images that last even longer*.



*Up to 108 years, based on Wilhelm-Research.com light-fade testing under glass using the HP 97 Tri-color and the HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridges on HP Premium Plus Photo Papers For more information on additional permanence testing factors, visit http://www.hp.ca/portal/hho/scienceofprinting/premiumplusphoto/index.php.

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