Xerox 003R06709 User Manual

Ink Data Sheets

Xerox Wide Format Supplies Applications Guide 

Version 2.0; April 2005

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Aqueous or water-based inks are either pigmented or dye-based. Each ink type and its performance are specific to
each printer model. 

Xerox 8142 and 8160 offers 6-color printing, adding two tonal inks, Light Cyan and Light Magenta, to the typical
suite of 4-color process printing (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black). These colors improve the gradient perception
between dithered process color shifts, or (smoothes out) blended areas of an image by introducing lighter tones of
the colors that construct the blend. For example, skin tones appear truer because the color of dots creating the image
is not as dark from one percentage to the next.

Dye inks generally give more brilliant color that fades relatively rapidly. Pigment inks may not give as bright a
color reproduction, but pigment ink prints usually resist fading to a much greater extent and therefore remain as
good as new for longer periods. Some pigmented ink systems such as Epson Ultrachrome

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and Xerox 8142 and

8160 pigmented inks can give print life expectancy of several decades, subject to using appropriate media.

Ink yields are ultimately determined by the image being printed. For example, heavily saturated images will 
consume more ink at different ratios than light ink coverage graphics. 

Higher resolution printing also increases consumption of ink.

The ink yield for the Xerox 8142/8160 is estimated at 1.2 ml/sq. ft. of average area coverage graphics for a set of 
6 inks at 700 ml of useable ink each.