• Inks Developed Specifically for Piezo Inkjet Printers.
• OEM Quality at Affordable Pricing.
• Formulated for Outstanding Color Gamut with Excellent Light Fastness.
• Includes Dye and Pigment Ink Families with Vivachrome Colors.
• Works with Complete Line of Piezo Printers Including Agfa, Epson, Kodak, Mimaki and Roland uFill Cassette with pInk.

Description
Graphics One (GO) offers the most complete range of inks for large and grand format printing in the industry. GO's pInks for Piezo, mirrors the family of inks offered by Agfa, Epson, Kodak, Mimaki, Mutoh, and Roland. GO's pInks complement our eInks for Encad, sInks for Specialty Application and gInks for Grand and Solvent product families.

GO works with some of the leading ink research and development companies for producing inks to our specification. Our inks are filtered to .22 micron, with pigment particulate sizes less than 100 nanometers. Our color consistency from batch to batch deviates less than .5 Delta E between batches. Additionally GO's Hyper-Particulate Saturation (HPS) technology guarantees saturated colors with the right UV screen for long term color stability and UV durability.

VivaChrome
Colors GO pInks are currently available in Hi-Fi and Hexachrome colors which we call VivaChrome colors. Why do we call dye Vivachrome? VivaChrome means expanded gamut colors beyond normal 4, 6 or 8 colors. With Hi-Fi color, lighter densities of cyan (Lc) and magenta (Lm) are added to the Cmyk inkset. The lighter cyans and magentas help provide smoother blends and gradations between colors and create realistic flesh tones. Hexachrome is a six color process registered trademark of pantone that adds approved orange and green inks into the CMYK primaries. The orange and green reproduces more brilliant continuous tone images, as well as doubles the amount of color produced. This color cannot be obtained using conventional four color printing.

GO VivaChrome colors include Hi-Fi and Hexachrome. In fact, GO will introduce new colors that will be outside the normal definition of Hi-Fi or Hexachrome colors. This is why we use Hexachrome.

GO pInks for dye are Hi-Fi (C,M,Y,K,Lc,Lm). For the pigment inks we have both Hi-Fi and Hexachrome colors (C,M,Y,K,Lc,Lm,O,G) as you will note below.

A replacement/Application Chart is as follows:



GO pInk Fade Resistance- How do we measure?
In association with our manufacturing partners, GO uses the Blue Wool scale (BWS) to measure HPS/UV Screen or fade resistance of the inks. The BWS was originally developed for textiles and has now been adopted by automotive, paint and commercial printing industries. The numbers on the scale are obtained after fading a test sample along with eight standards made from pieces of blue wool of varying fade resistance. A"1" on the BWS offers the least amount of light fastness while an "8" on the BWS offers the most. What does this mean with regards to light fastness? A Blue Wool of value "8" equals about 12 months of direct sunlight exposure in Florida without color shift. Please read below for an indication of how long the GO inks should last indoors and outdoors.

What is the Fade Resistance of the GO pInk?
The Blue Wool rating on our pInks is as follows:



Ideal Applications
GO pInks are perfect for the same applications that are traditionally recommended for the OEM Piezo inks. Some of our sInks (Specialty) are for use with Piezo printers, but have been produced for specific applications not covered by the OEM inks.

Features and Benefits



pInk FAQs
Q: Are the pInks 220ml cassettes filled?
A: The 220ml cassettes come prefilled with GO inks.

Q: Can the 220ml cassettes be refilled?
A: Although we offer pricing for 5 gallon containers of piezo ink, it is not recommended that these cassettes be refilled unless the proper equipment is used. Special air vacuum equipment is required for ensuring that there are no air bubbles in the ink. The cassettes will malfunction if the inks are not refilled under strict guidelines. The 5-gallon pricing is for those distributors who have purchased the proper equipment for filling these cassettes or for those who offer the uFill cassette.

Q: What is the shelf life of piezo inks?
A: The normal shelf life is 2 years for the dye-based inks and one year for the pigment inks.

Q: Does pH level indicate ink quality?
A: According to our advisors and ink scientist, pH is not an indication of quality. There have been some low quality inks which have a high pH and a strong smell of ammonia.

Q: Since GO inks are less expensive than Epson and other piezo inkjets, does that mean the quality is less?
A: With a team of scientists who have worked at the world's leading inkjet manufacturer, our team is well positioned to provide quality which is equal to or surpass the original manufacturer's inks. Our prices are low because GO has much lower overheads and expenses. These savings are passed on to our customers in lower prices.

Q: Does GO support the 3000, 5000 and 9000 inkjets from Epson?
A: At this time we provide dye-based inks for the professional printing products from Epson, which are the same 3000, 5000 and 9000 printers. We do not provide pigment inks for those printers.

Compatible Printers/Inks
Our pInks are compatible with Agfa, Epson, Mimaki, Mutoh, Kodak and Roland large format inkjets. An overview of each piezo printer, along with specific printer comments are as follows.

Agfa:
Agfa OEM's most of the large format inkjetsfrom Mutoh. GO provides dye/pigment inks for Agfa in 220ml cassettes. With the Agfa inkjets, therethere is a sensor that must be installed on the back of the ink cassette in order for the cassette to operate properly. GO provides this sensor with our pInk cassettes.

Epson:
GO provides dye ink in 220ml cassettes for the Epson 3000, 5000 and 9000. We do not provide pigmented inks for these devices.

Mutoh/ Kodak:
GO provides both original Mutoh dyepigment inks and also provides GO developed dye/pigment inks in 220ml cassettes. these cassettes are compatible with both Mutoh and Kodak. GO provides the sensor with our pInk cassettes.

Mimaki:
GO provides dye and pigment inks in 220ml cassettes for Mimaki inkjets.

Roland:
GO provides dye and pigment inks in 220ml cassettes for Roland inkjets.

When ordering piezo inks in 220ml cassettes, please make sure to advise which inkjet the cassettes will be used.

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