HP Vivera Pigment Inks

HP Vivera pigment inks deliver a choice for professional photographers and advanced amateurs who seek professional image quality and the best photo permanence on the market. (1) The inks, designed to work with the HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer, enable customers to print professional-quality photos that will resist fading for over 200 years on a variety of papers.(1) The extraordinary performance stems from innovative technology, patent-pending HP ink formulations, and rigorous manufacturing processes that ensure exceptional purity and consistency.

To date, the HP Vivera Ink family has consisted of a variety of unique, vivid dye-based color inks that, like pigment inks, provide professional image quality and long lasting photo permanence. The HP Vivera pigment inks take this performance a step further by increasing the fade resistance to more than 200 years, providing excellent water resistance, and greatly improving creative flexibility by providing these attributes on a wide range of papers and other print media.(1) This professional-grade printing solution uses high-capacity individual ink cartridges that are easy to use and replace.

With the HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer, HP delivers a high-performance inkjet printing system designed to enable high-volume printing with efficient printing speeds – producing 4 x 6-inch photos in as fast as 10 seconds and 13 x 19-inch photos as fast as 1.5 minutes – ideal for professional photographers and advanced amateurs. HP’s Vivera pigment ink technology, combined with the printer’s professional colors, enable accurate and consistent color reproduction. HP’s third-generation gray ink is more neutral than ever before, allowing for exceptionally smooth transitions and detail. Users can print exceptional photos on digital fine art media including canvas, photo rag, watercolor, stiff pre-matte and film up to 1.5mm thick, as well as improved HP Advanced Photo Paper.

Like all HP Vivera Inks, the pigment inks are formulated to work together with the printer and paper as an entire system. The HP Vivera pigment inks offer a choice for professional photographers and advanced amateurs who need a broader solution than dyes, including media flexibility, increased permanence and water-, smudge-, and humidity-resistance across a wide range of paper. All HP Vivera Inks are specially formulated and carefully engineered to work with the printing system to minimize particles and prevent the inks from accumulating air bubbles or clogging the nozzles, which can impact print quality.

HP offers a portfolio of dye and pigment-based printers for professionals. Professionals value choice and have a variety of needs and preferences. Customers who need to use int media – from canvas to glossy photo paper – may prefer a pigment ink printer. Customers who need the ultimate in IQ and gloss uniformity on glossy paper may choose the dye printer.

All HP Vivera inks, whether dye or pigment, encompass two key elements that contribute to the inks’ exceptional performance:
• Superior ingredients and unique ink formulations: Proprietary HP Vivera inks are specifically designed to address key printing attributes most important to customers. From innovative dyes to advanced pigment dispersion technologies, HP ink technology continues to stay ahead.
• Exceptional ink purity: Combining precise levels of purity for each ingredient with stringent, “clean” manufacturing processes helps ensure the optimal reliability and performance of HP inks.

Vivera ink background

HP chose the name Vivera for its line of inks to highlight the customer-valued benefits of exceptional output-quality and fade resistance. The meaning of Vivera is one of life, true-to-life, acclaim and longevity. HP Vivera inks are the perfect choice for brilliant photos and crisp documents that will last a lifetime.

Pricing and availability

HP Vivera pigment inks are expected to be available for purchase June 2006 in North America. Retail pricing is to be determined.

(1) Fade results based on preliminary display permanence testing under glass by Wilhelm Imaging Research using HP Advanced Photo Paper, HP Matte Photo Paper, HP Hahnemühle Smooth Fine Art Paper and HP Hahnemühle Watercolor Paper; similar display permanence with and additional HP-recommended papers. Preliminary results, to be updated as test progresses—see wilhelm-research.com.