"Pigment inks" are typically water based inks. They can print on a wide variety of substrates without coatings. Solvent inks use a carrier made of various solvents that evaporate quickly, and also penetrate quickly. It's already illegal in Europe to use any solvent inks. I'd also appreciate it, if any of you has heard of a printer that can print onĪll of the media I mentioned (paper, film and foil), with consistent quality,Īnd applicable for both indoor and outdoor use. Someone here could be able to give me some pointers. Wider formats - 60" (150 cm.) and up, while pigments are mostly in the 24 - 60"Īs I am unable to find a person who can competently explain the differencesīetween the two types of printers (and ink systems and media used), I was hoping Investigating into the issue it turned out there are two basic types of wideįormat printers - with pigment inks, which print on paper and film and solvent, Purchase a Canon ipf8000 (44" (110 cm) width of the roll, pigment inks) when it (mostly backlit) and foil (especially adhesive opaque). Printing on paper (we need very high quality, adjacent to color proofs), on film We are a small design studio we wanted something that can satisfy our needs: The situation is as follows: my company decided to buy a wide-format printer. As I am reading through the forum, I think there might be people here who areĪble to answer my question, or at least clarify things to a certain extent.
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