 Epson water test with pigment and dye inks
As some of you know I was an Epson product demo rep for a period of time. Part of our demo was to place a picture into a glass of water to show how the pigment inks differ from dye inks. As we have countless questions brought up here about that I thought I would duplicate this demo. Now this is not a scientific test so use it at your own discretion. I have 2 printers and they are both epson but in one I placed dye inks and in the other I place pigment inks. I must tell you the pigment inks come from Coastal and not from Epson. The fact is it is a pigment ink.
The first and second picture shows the prints I did with 4 colors. Then I place the prints into a clear glass of water for about one minute. Then i removed the prints and set them out for you to see the difference. i believe the pictures speak for them selves. Notice the glass of kool Aid. The other glass is a lot clearer and that of course is the pigment ink. I hope this helps explain the differences. Lou |