HP Photosmart Pro B9180

A Brief Industry History
The photo-quality inkjet printer marketplace went though a revolution in the year 2000 when Epson brought out theStylus 2000P. This was the first affordable printer to use pigment-based inks. It was a flawed product, but it paved the way for subsequent generations of Epson pigment ink printers, currently culminating in the R2400,Stylus Pro 4800, 7800 and 9800, all of which use Epson'sK3third generation pigment ink set.
Pigment inks offer a level of permanence not seen from printers which use dye-based inks. These actually exceed that of any colour reproduction process yet seen. Prints made using pigment based inks even rival silver gelatin based prints, (unless selenium or gold toned and archivally processed). Nevertheless, dye based inks have continued to improve, and when used with some specialty papers offer archival ratings of 30 – 70 years. But none can match the 80 – 200 year ratings of pigment inks on quality paper.
Through several generati...