Epson UltraChrome 220 ml. K3 Matte Black Pigment Based Ink for the Stylus Pro 4880 Series Inkjet Printers

If you're seeking to elevate your photographic and fine art print quality to professional levels, the Epson UltraChrome 220 ml. K3 Matte Black Pigment Based Ink for the Stylus Pro 4880 Series Inkjet Printers is your quintessential choice. This high-quality, durable ink sets a new benchmark in inkjet printing technology, drawing inspiration from Epson's legacy of advanced pigmented ink development.

Epson's UltraChrome K3 ink technology is a game-changer, featuring an innovative 8-color ink set that includes three distinct levels of black. This unique combination not only enhances black and white prints but also significantly improves color prints, ensuring exceptional color fidelity, gloss level, and scratch resistance. The archival prints you produce will boast remarkable color accuracy and stability, straight from the printer.

With the incorporation of high-density pigments, the UltraChrome K3 ink achieves an impressively wide color gamut, enabling the reproduction of the vivid and nuanced colors you envisioned at the moment of capture. The breakthrough 8-color system is unmatched in its ability to reproduce the three-dimensional, lifelike quality and the tactile feel of traditional photography, all while leveraging the benefits of a digital workflow.

The UltraChrome K3 ink's 3-level black ink technology refines gray balance and enhances details in midtones and highlights, resulting in a smoother tonal range. This advancement virtually eliminates issues such as metamerism and bronzing, allowing both black and white and color prints to exhibit the classic appearance of traditional photographs.

Incorporating High-gloss Microcrystal Encapsulation Technology, along with sophisticated screening algorithms and Light Light Black ink, the UltraChrome K3 ink significantly minimizes gloss differential. This means that professionals no longer need to compromise when seeking glossy prints that offer outstanding longevity and durability.

Epson UltraChrome K3 ink provides versatility with two black ink modes: Photo Black and Matte Black. This innovative feature optimizes black ink density for a variety of media types, with Photo Black yielding professional-quality results across all media. The optional Matte Black ink enhances black optical density for superior results on matte and fine art papers, allowing the use of a single printer for all media types.

Epson's proprietary driver technology fully harnesses the potential of the 3-level black ink system to produce the highest quality neutral and toned prints from a single ink set. Additionally, Epson's exclusive screening technology, tailored for black and white printing, ensures outstanding image quality without color crossover or color cast.

For the first time, photographers can produce marketable black and white prints without the need for a darkroom. Epson UltraChrome K3 inks are not limited to select media types when meeting professional longevity requirements. These inks are designed to work seamlessly with Epson's comprehensive range of professional media, offering improved print permanence characteristics with lightfastness ratings of up to 108 years for color and over 200 years for black and white under stringent industry-accepted display conditions*.

*Lightfastness ratings are based on accelerated testing of prints on specialty media, displayed indoors, under glass. Actual print stability will vary according to media, printed image, display conditions, light intensity, humidity, and atmospheric conditions. Epson does not guarantee longevity of prints. For maximum print life, display all prints under glass or UV filter or properly store them.